A Plainer Officers' House across the Road
The Former Army Remount Department Rokuhara Branch Residence No. 2 (旧陸軍省軍馬補充部六原支部官舎第二棟) is an army residence of 1911 in Rokuhara, Kanegasaki Town, Isawa District, Iwate Prefecture, and was registered as a Registered Tangible Cultural Property (structure) on May 2, 2017 (Agency for Cultural Affairs).
The Agency records a single-storey timber house roofed in steel sheet, with a building area of 100 square metres; registration number 03-0090.
The House West of No. 1
The remount department was the army body that raised and supplied horses for the military (Agency for Cultural Affairs). Residence No. 2 stands across the road to the west of No. 1, running east to west: a single-storey timber house under a hipped roof of steel sheet (Agency for Cultural Affairs).
The entrance is on the north, and a central corridor leads to a reception room on the east and Japanese rooms on the south, with the kitchen and bath grouped to the north-west (Agency for Cultural Affairs).
Why It Was Registered
The Agency notes a plan that takes care over daylight, a known date of construction and a somewhat simpler layout than No. 1, and registered it as a model of design.
What to Look For
Look at how the plan sets the Japanese rooms on the sunny south side (Agency for Cultural Affairs).
Visiting
The three residences are introduced together on the Former Army Remount Department Rokuhara Branch Residences page. No official information on opening or visits was found.
Q&A
- When was Residence No. 2 built?
- In 1911 (Agency for Cultural Affairs).
- Where is it?
- Across the road to the west of No. 1.
- What is the plan like?
- Entrance on the north, reception room on the east, Japanese rooms on the south.
- How does it differ from No. 1?
- Its layout is somewhat simpler (Agency for Cultural Affairs).
- When was the Former Army Remount Department Rokuhara Branch Residence No. 2 registered?
- On May 2, 2017 (Agency for Cultural Affairs).
Basic Information
| Name | Former Army Remount Department Rokuhara Branch Residence No. 2 (旧陸軍省軍馬補充部六原支部官舎第二棟) |
|---|---|
| Location | Rokuhara, Kanegasaki Town, Isawa District, Iwate Prefecture |
| Designation | Registered Tangible Cultural Property (Structure) |
| Year Designated | Registered 2017/05/02 (Heisei 29) |
| Quantity | 1 building |
| Dimensions | Single-storey timber, steel-sheet roof, 100 m² |
| Owner | Kanegasaki Town |
| Public Access | No official information on opening |
References
- Former Army Remount Department Rokuhara Branch Residence No. 2 (Database of National Cultural Properties, Agency for Cultural Affairs)
- https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/101/00011436
Last verified: 2026.10.21
