Kumagai Family Residence Gate and Wall

A Gate and Wall of about 1924 in the Textile District

The Kumagai Family Residence Gate and Wall (熊谷家住宅門及び塀) is a gate and wall with a waiting room and a projecting lattice window that carry on the look of the textile wholesale district of around 1924 in Bandoyacho, Shimogyo Ward, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture, and was registered as a Registered Tangible Cultural Property (structure) on November 29, 2016 (Agency for Cultural Affairs).

The Agency records a timber gate 1.4 metres wide and a timber wall 25 metres long in all, both tiled, with a waiting room and an entrance door; registration number 26-0512.

A Wall That Keeps the Look of the District

The gate and wall of the Kumagai residence, of around 1924, run along the front of the plot and turn to enclose both sides (Agency for Cultural Affairs). The entrance opens at the south end with a waiting room for attendants, and a kitchen door beyond it closes off the private part of the house.

A little south of the centre, a projecting lattice window matches the Western room of the main house, under a copper-roofed hood. With wide vertical boards below the head rail and clay wall above, the wall keeps the look of the textile wholesale district (Agency for Cultural Affairs).

Why It Was Registered

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

What to Look For

At the gate and wall, look for the projecting lattice window under its copper hood and the wide vertical boards below the clay wall (Agency for Cultural Affairs).

Visiting

The owner of the Kumagai residence is not listed in the Agency record. It is a private house, and no official information on public access was found. The main house and the gate and wall are introduced together on the Kumagai Family Residence (Shimogyo, Kyoto) page.