A Merchant House on the Road from Koriyama to Nara
The Hamoto Family House Main House (葉本家住宅主屋) is the main house of a merchant family of the early Meiji period in Nishikannonjicho, Yamatokoriyama City, Nara Prefecture, and was registered as a Registered Tangible Cultural Property (structure) on August 21, 2002 (Agency for Cultural Affairs).
The Agency records a single-storey timber building with a tiled roof, covering 132 square metres; registration number 29-0066.
A Merchant House on the Old Road
The main house of the Hamoto family faces east onto the road that led from the castle town of Yamatokoriyama to Nara (Agency for Cultural Affairs). In the Meiji period the family ran a money-changing business, among other trades.
It is a house with a low attic storey under a gabled pantile roof with a smoke vent, entered on the long side. Fine projecting lattices and a fold-down bench below and long narrow mushiko windows above give it a neat front (Agency for Cultural Affairs).
Why It Was Registered
The Agency registered it for its contribution to the historic landscape, a merchant house that forms part of the scene of the old road.
What to Look For
Look for the fine lattices and fold-down bench below and the long mushiko windows above (Agency for Cultural Affairs).
Visiting
No official information on access to the interior was found. The building can be seen from the road.
Q&A
- When was the main house built?
- In the early Meiji period (Agency for Cultural Affairs).
- What trade did the family follow?
- Money-changing, among others.
- What marks its front?
- Lattices, a fold-down bench and mushiko windows.
- How is Nishikannonjicho read?
- Ni-shi-kan-non-ji-cho, according to the Japan Post postcode data.
- When was the Hamoto Family House Main House registered?
- On August 21, 2002 (Agency for Cultural Affairs).
Basic Information
| Name | Hamoto Family House Main House (葉本家住宅主屋) |
|---|---|
| Location | 6 Nishikannonjicho, Yamatokoriyama City, Nara Prefecture |
| Designation | Registered Tangible Cultural Property (Structure) |
| Year Designated | Registered 2002/08/21 (Heisei 14) |
| Quantity | 1 building |
| Dimensions | Single-storey timber, tiled roof, 132 m² |
| Owner | Not listed in the Agency database |
| Public Access | No official visiting information |
References
- Hamoto Family House Main House (Database of National Cultural Properties, Agency for Cultural Affairs)
- https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/101/00002976
Last verified: 2026.10.18