A Merchant House Gate in Sakate
The Awaya Okada Family Residence Nagaya Gate and Barn (阿波屋岡田家住宅門長屋及び納屋) is the gatehouse range and barn of the Awaya Okada merchant house at Sakate, Shodoshima Town, Shozu District, Kagawa Prefecture, built in the late Edo period in timber and storehouse-style earthen construction of two storeys, and registered as a Registered Tangible Cultural Property (structure) on March 2, 2004 (Agency for Cultural Affairs).
The Agency for Cultural Affairs records two storeys in timber and earthen storehouse construction with a tiled roof and a building area of 73 square metres, registration number 37-0196.
The Okada House above Sakate
According to the Agency for Cultural Affairs, the Awaya Okada Family Residence Nagaya Gate and Barn stands at the end of a lane leading west off the approach to Kannonji, Temple 3 of the Shodoshima pilgrimage.
The main house of the Awaya Okada family (1830) on the same site was registered on the same day. Set on high ground overlooking Sakate Port, it has rooms in a single row bent into an L-shaped plan and plaster relief in the shape of a sword guard at the corners of its low upper storey (Agency for Cultural Affairs). The Awaya Okada Family Residence Nagaya Gate and Barn forms the entrance to this house.
Value as a Registered Cultural Property
The Awaya Okada Family Residence Nagaya Gate and Barn was registered as a structure contributing to the historic landscape of the country. Together with the main house it preserves the layout of a late Edo merchant residence in Sakate (Agency for Cultural Affairs).
What to Look For
The Agency for Cultural Affairs describes the nagaya gate of the Awaya Okada Family Residence Nagaya Gate and Barn as 4 bays long, gabled and roofed with hongawara tiles, with lower-roofed store rooms on both sides of the gateway.
Adjoining it to the east, the barn is 4.5 bays long on an east-west axis, gabled and tiled in the same way, with a wing projecting north to give a U-shaped plan (Agency for Cultural Affairs).
Visiting
The Awaya Okada Family Residence Nagaya Gate and Barn appears to belong to a private residence, and no public access information has been confirmed; please view it only from the street and respect the residents. The address is 592 Nakako, Sakate, Shodoshima Town.
Q&A
- When was it built?
- In the late Edo period (Agency for Cultural Affairs).
- Where is it?
- At the end of a lane west of the approach to Kannonji, Temple 3 of the Shodoshima pilgrimage, in Sakate (Agency for Cultural Affairs).
- What is the gate like?
- A 4-bay gabled range with hongawara tiles and store rooms on both sides of the gateway (Agency for Cultural Affairs).
- What is the barn like?
- A 4.5-bay gabled building with a north wing forming a U-shaped plan (Agency for Cultural Affairs).
- When was the Awaya Okada Family Residence Nagaya Gate and Barn registered?
- On March 2, 2004.
Basic Information
| Name | Awaya Okada Family Residence Nagaya Gate and Barn (阿波屋岡田家住宅門長屋及び納屋) |
|---|---|
| Location | 592 Nakako, Sakate, Shodoshima Town, Shozu District, Kagawa Prefecture |
| Designation | Registered Tangible Cultural Property (Structure) |
| Year Designated | Registered 2004/03/02 (Heisei 16) |
| Quantity | 1 building |
| Dimensions | Timber and earthen storehouse construction, 2 storeys, tiled roof, building area 73 square metres |
| Owner | Not listed in the national database |
| Public Access | No public access information |
References
- Awaya Okada Family Residence Nagaya Gate and Barn (Database of National Cultural Properties, Agency for Cultural Affairs)
- https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/101/00004031
- Awaya Okada Family Residence Main House (Database of National Cultural Properties)
- https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/101/00004030
Last verified: 2026.10.11