A Twin of No. 2 with Western Details
The Former Army Remount Department Rokuhara Branch Residence No. 3 (旧陸軍省軍馬補充部六原支部官舎第三棟) 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 03-0091.
The House North of No. 2
The remount department was the army body that raised and supplied horses for the military (Agency for Cultural Affairs). Residence No. 3 stands north of No. 2, running east to west: a single-storey timber house under a hipped steel-sheet roof, with the same plan as No. 2 (Agency for Cultural Affairs).
Why It Was Registered
The Agency notes the Western details it shares with the other residences, a brick base in English bond, weatherboarding, sash windows and moulded window frames, and registered it as a model of design.
What to Look For
Look for the English-bond brick base and the sash windows in moulded frames (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. 3 built?
- In 1911 (Agency for Cultural Affairs).
- Where is it?
- North of Residence No. 2.
- What Western details does it have?
- An English-bond brick base, weatherboarding, sash windows and moulded frames.
- What is the plan like?
- The same as No. 2 (Agency for Cultural Affairs).
- When was the Former Army Remount Department Rokuhara Branch Residence No. 3 registered?
- On May 2, 2017 (Agency for Cultural Affairs).
Basic Information
| Name | Former Army Remount Department Rokuhara Branch Residence No. 3 (旧陸軍省軍馬補充部六原支部官舎第三棟) |
|---|---|
| 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. 3 (Database of National Cultural Properties, Agency for Cultural Affairs)
- https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/101/00011437
Last verified: 2026.10.21
