Ueda Family Residence Storage Shed

A Small Shed Behind the House

The Ueda Family Residence Storage Shed (上田家住宅物置) is a single-storey timber storage shed of 1933 in Higashi-Toyonaka-cho, Toyonaka City, Osaka Prefecture, and was registered as a Registered Tangible Cultural Property (structure) on August 13, 2012 (Agency for Cultural Affairs).

The Agency records a single-storey timber shed with a pantiled lean-to roof and a short counter-pitch, with a building area of 5 square metres; registration number 27-0552.

A Store and a Toilet under One Roof

The Ueda Family Residence Storage Shed is a small outbuilding behind the main house (Agency for Cultural Affairs). It measures 3.0 metres by 1.5 metres and was built in 1933, the same year as the house.

The eastern part is a store with its door on the front; the western end, about half a ken square, is a toilet. The sides and back are boarded vertically below and plastered above, and the roof is a lean-to with a short extra pitch on the opposite side, a form known as maneki-yane.

Why It Was Registered

The Agency describes the Ueda Family Residence Storage Shed as preserving the standard form of shed on the Higashi-Toyonaka estate, and registered it for its contribution to the historic landscape.

Because the shed went up in the same year as the house, it shows what outbuildings came with a home on the newly laid-out estate. Small sheds like this are generally easily replaced or cleared away, so its survival beside the main house matters.

What to Look For

Look for the maneki-yane roof, a lean-to with a short counter-pitch, and the walls that change from vertical boards below to plaster above (Agency for Cultural Affairs).

Notice too how a store and a toilet fit side by side in a building only 3.0 metres long.

Visiting

The shed stands behind the main house, and whether it can be seen from the street is not confirmed. No official information on visits was found. The house may still be lived in, so please stay off the property and look only from the street.