Arai Family Residence Main House

A Suburban House with a Spanish-Tiled Parlour

The Arai Family Residence Main House (新居家住宅主屋) is a suburban house with a Spanish-tiled Western room of 1926, altered in the early Showa period in Yodoshinmachi, Fushimi Ward, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture, and was registered as a Registered Tangible Cultural Property (structure) on October 7, 2014 (Agency for Cultural Affairs).

The Agency records a two-storey timber house with a tiled roof and a building area of 187 square metres; registration number 26-0463.

A Western Parlour and Sukiya Rooms

The main house of the Arai family residence in Yodoshinmachi, Fushimi Ward, Kyoto, dates from 1926 (Agency for Cultural Affairs). A Western-style parlour lies north of the west-facing entrance and Japanese rooms to the south, with a detached wing projecting to the south-east.

The parlour has a gabled roof of Spanish tiles and a gable and interior finished in refined geometric designs, while the Japanese rooms have sukiya-style alcoves and fittings with red-and-black Negoro lacquer frames, inventive throughout (Agency for Cultural Affairs). The Agency calls it a fine pre-war suburban house with a Western room.

Why It Was Registered

The Agency registered it for its contribution to the historic landscape.

What to Look For

Look for the Spanish-tiled parlour with its geometric designs and the Negoro-lacquered fittings (Agency for Cultural Affairs).

Visiting

The owner is not listed in the Agency record. No official information on public access was found.