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Along with the neighboring "additional post-station" (''kashuku'') town of Ôiwa, Futagawa was home to some 1,468 people in [[1843]], in 328 homes. There were 38 ''[[hatagoya]]'' (inns) between the two towns at that time.<ref>Shibuya, 78.</ref>

Along with the neighboring "additional post-station" (''kashuku'') town of Ôiwa, Futagawa was home to some 1,468 people in [[1843]], in 328 homes. There were 38 ''[[hatagoya]]'' (inns) between the two towns at that time.<ref>Shibuya, 78.</ref>

The ''honjin'' at Futagawa survives today as a local history museum. The building is 17 1/2 ''[[Japanese Measurements|ken]]'' wide, and covers a space of roughly 525 ''tsubo''.<ref>Watanabe Kazutoshi 渡辺和敏, "Sankin kôtai to honjin" 参勤交代と本陣, ''Honjin ni tomatta daimyô tachi'', 53.</ref> The front building, or the front portion of the building, including the ''genkan'', dates to [[1856]], having been rebuilt after the [[1854]] earthquake which destroyed the previous 1807 building. The front gate facing out onto the Tôkaidô is a four-legged ''[[yakuimon]]''-style gate, dating to [[1850]]; the previous 1807 gate was torn down in conjunction with renovations at that time.<ref name=plaques>Plaques on-site.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/45579059734/sizes/k/][https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/45579030204/sizes/k/]</ref>

The ''honjin'' at Futagawa survives today as a local history museum. The building is 17 1/2 ''[[Japanese Measurements|ken]]'' wide, and covers a space of roughly 525 ''tsubo''.<ref>Watanabe Kazutoshi 渡辺和敏, "Sankin kôtai to honjin" 参勤交代と本陣, ''Honjin ni tomatta daimyô tachi'', 53.</ref> The front building, or the front portion of the building, including the ''genkan'', dates to [[1856]], having been rebuilt after the [[1854]] earthquake which destroyed the previous 1807 building. The front gate facing out onto the Tôkaidô is a four-legged ''[[yakuimon]]''-style gate, dating to [[1850]]; the previous 1807 gate was torn down in conjunction with renovations at that time.<ref name=plaques>Plaques on-site.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/45579059734/sizes/k/][https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/45579030204/sizes/k/]</ref> The ''shoin'' section of the ''honjin'', including the ''jôdan no ma'' used by visiting ''daimyô'' as their chief living and formal meeting space, was torn down in [[1870]] as the ''honjin'' system was abolished and the Baba family turned more exclusively to brewing.

Extensive repairs of the property were performed in 1988-1990, including re-erecting the ''shoin'' section which had been torn down. In the course of the project, numerous Edo period items were discovered, as well as new information about the construction of the building.<ref name=plaques/>

Extensive repairs of the property were performed in 1988-1990, including re-erecting the ''shoin'' section which had been torn down, based on surviving documents and comparison with surviving ''honjin'' elsewhere. In the course of the project, numerous Edo period items were discovered, as well as new information about the construction of the building.<ref name=plaques/>

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