Wada Family Residence Storehouse

A Late Edo Storehouse with an Ink Inscription

The Wada Family Residence Storehouse (和田家住宅土蔵) is a tiled storehouse whose window door bears ink writing that names an owner from before the Wada family of the late Edo period (1830–1867) in Higashiwakamatsucho, Shimogyo Ward, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture, and was registered as a Registered Tangible Cultural Property (structure) on March 7, 2008 (Agency for Cultural Affairs).

The Agency records a two-storey clay-walled storehouse with a tiled roof and a building area of 15 square metres; registration number 26-0278.

A Storehouse with an Ink Inscription

The storehouse of the Wada residence, from the late Edo period, stands north-south at the east back of the plot, east of the main house (Agency for Cultural Affairs). Two bays square with a gabled roof of round and flat tiles and its entrance on the long side, it has a clay pent roof over the west doorway and a small window upstairs.

Ink writing on the sliding door of the window, reading "Iseya Gihei, sixth month of the year of the rooster", shows the state of things before the Wada family acquired the property in 1892 (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 storehouse, look for the clay pent roof on the west side and the ink writing on the sliding door of the upstairs window (Agency for Cultural Affairs).

Visiting

The owner of the Wada 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 storehouse are introduced together on the Wada Family Residence (Shimogyo, Kyoto) page.