What the Terada Family Residence Rice Storehouse is
The Terada Family Residence Rice Storehouse (寺田家住宅米蔵, Terada-ke Jutaku Komegura) is a late Edo period storehouse in Imamachi, Kashiwara City, Osaka Prefecture, listed as a Registered Tangible Cultural Property on 12 July 2005. It is earthen-walled, single storeyed, tile roofed, and covers 85 square metres.
It stands near the middle of the plot facing north, ranged from north to south under a gabled roof and entered on the gable end in the Tsumairi manner, with a half storey inside. It is the largest of the seven structures, roughly three times the floor area of either of the other storehouses.
A single-storey shed adjoins it on the east. Along the north face runs an open Geya canopy carried on posts alone, and the space beneath it is where goods were handled. Rice could be moved in and out without getting wet, which tells you the Terada Family Residence Rice Storehouse was a commercial store rather than a domestic one.
Why the Terada Family Residence Rice Storehouse was registered
The criterion cited is contribution to the historic landscape. The national database calls the building essential to the composition of the estate and carefully made.
The Teradas traded as Hojoya, dealing in fertiliser and owning boats on the Yamato River. Kashiwara was the point where cargo passed between Yamato and Osaka, and rice and goods moved through it by river boat. A store of 85 square metres was not built for a household's own needs but for the volume of goods the family handled.
Its registration number is 27-0325. Together with the south gate the Terada Family Residence Rice Storehouse shapes the southern edge of the estate, and it is valued as part of that edge rather than as an object on its own.
What to look at
The canopy on the north face is the point. Open on all sides and carried on posts, it turns the strip in front of the doors into a half-outdoor working floor. Moving rice depends on the weather, and a canopy like this decides how usable a store is through a wet season.
The gable entrance matters too. Entering on the triangular end of a long narrow building lets goods be stacked back from the door in sequence. The Terada Family Residence Rice Storehouse runs north to south, so loading began at the northern gable and worked inwards.
The walls are boarded below and plastered above, the Shikkui carried to the eaves soffit, the same logic as the plain storehouse nearby. Here, though, the canopy and the attached shed mean the amount of wall on show changes from one side to another.
Seeing the Terada Family Residence Rice Storehouse
The Terada Family Residence Rice Storehouse is privately owned and closed. Kashiwara City states that the estate as a whole cannot be visited.
The building stands near the centre of the plot, inside the south gate on the southern boundary. The main house screens it from the old highway, and from the south it lies behind the gate and the boundary wall, so there is effectively no public view of it.
Photography is limited to the public road. Directions and contact details for the estate are set out on the page for the Terada Family Residence in Kashiwara.
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Q&A
- How large is the Terada Family Residence Rice Storehouse?
- Eighty-five square metres, the largest of the seven structures on the estate. It is earthen-walled with a half storey inside and a tiled roof.
- What is the canopy on the Terada Family Residence Rice Storehouse for?
- Handling goods. It is open on all sides and carried on posts, giving a dry working strip in front of the doors.
- What does tsumairi mean at the Terada Family Residence Rice Storehouse?
- That the entrance is on the gable end, the triangular face of the roof. It suits loading a long, narrow building from one end.
- Why is the Terada Family Residence Rice Storehouse so large?
- Because it was a commercial store. The family dealt in fertiliser and owned river boats, and the building is sized to the trade.
- Can the Terada Family Residence Rice Storehouse be visited?
- No. It is part of a private home, and standing in the middle of the grounds it cannot really be seen from the street either.
Basic Information
| Name | Terada Family Residence Rice Storehouse |
|---|---|
| Location | 2-1-14 Imamachi, Kashiwara City, Osaka Prefecture |
| Designation | Registered Tangible Cultural Property (building) |
| Year Designated | Registered on 12 July 2005 (Heisei 17) |
| Quantity | 1 building |
| Dimensions | Floor area 85 square metres |
| Owner | Private owner |
| Public Access | Not open to the public |
References
- National Cultural Properties Database, Terada Family Residence Rice Storehouse (Agency for Cultural Affairs)
- https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/bsys/maindetails/101/00004792
- Terada Family Residence (Kashiwara City)
- https://www.city.kashiwara.lg.jp/docs/2014082300123/
Last verified: 2026.09.23
