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*''Japanese'': 旧矢掛本陣石井家住宅 ''(Kyuu Yakage honjin Ishii ke juutaku)''
Yakage ''[[honjin]]'' is a historical inn in [[Yakage-juku|Yakage]], [[Okayama prefecture]]. It is one of the few surviving ''honjin'' in Japan open to the public as a historic house / museum.
==Location and Layout==
The ''honjin'' lies along the ''[[Sanyodo|San'yôdô]]'' highway.
The compound is about 20 ''[[Japanese measurements|ken]]'' wide and covers an area of about 1,000 ''[[Japanese measurements|tsubo]]''. It includes a number of structures and spaces. Those along the road include the main structure (''omoya'') and reception room (''zashiki''), and ''onarimon'' gate used exclusively by the local ''[[daimyo|daimyô]]''; storehouses for rice, ''[[koji|kôji]]'', and ''saké'', as well as spaces for the ''saké'' brewing process, were located towards the rear of the compound, along with a guardhouse (''bansho'') and rear reception room (''urazashiki'') and ''nagaya''. Some of the buildings are believed to date to the 1770s-1830s; most are believed to have retained the same form and appearance since at least the 1850s or 1860s.
The main house includes a shop section (commercial space), residential space, and kitchen, organized around a small ''tsubo niwa'' garden. This building seems to have been built in stages beginning in the 1850s and ending sometime in the early [[Meiji period]] ([[1868]]-[[1912]]); significant repairs took place in the 1920s, again in the 1940s or early 1950s, and most recently in 1985-91. The ''zashiki'' reception room was originally built in [[1832]] as a space five ''[[tatami]]'' mats in area, but was later expanded with additional rooms, first into a total of nine ''tatami'', and then to twelve. The ''onarimon'' has a ''[[karahafu]]'' gate leading into a ''genkan'' entrance space.
==History==
The ''honjin'' was historically the home and business of the Ishii family. The family settled in the area in the 1620s, and from the mid-Edo period onwards the family head served as village headman (''ôshôya''). Additionally, beginning in the [[Genroku period]], they operated a ''[[sake|saké]]'' brewing business.
The compound was named an [[Important Cultural Property]] in 1968.
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==References==
*Plaques on-site.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/54260840782/sizes/k/]
[[Category:Historic Buildings]]
[[Category:Edo Period]]
Yakage ''[[honjin]]'' is a historical inn in [[Yakage-juku|Yakage]], [[Okayama prefecture]]. It is one of the few surviving ''honjin'' in Japan open to the public as a historic house / museum.
==Location and Layout==
The ''honjin'' lies along the ''[[Sanyodo|San'yôdô]]'' highway.
The compound is about 20 ''[[Japanese measurements|ken]]'' wide and covers an area of about 1,000 ''[[Japanese measurements|tsubo]]''. It includes a number of structures and spaces. Those along the road include the main structure (''omoya'') and reception room (''zashiki''), and ''onarimon'' gate used exclusively by the local ''[[daimyo|daimyô]]''; storehouses for rice, ''[[koji|kôji]]'', and ''saké'', as well as spaces for the ''saké'' brewing process, were located towards the rear of the compound, along with a guardhouse (''bansho'') and rear reception room (''urazashiki'') and ''nagaya''. Some of the buildings are believed to date to the 1770s-1830s; most are believed to have retained the same form and appearance since at least the 1850s or 1860s.
The main house includes a shop section (commercial space), residential space, and kitchen, organized around a small ''tsubo niwa'' garden. This building seems to have been built in stages beginning in the 1850s and ending sometime in the early [[Meiji period]] ([[1868]]-[[1912]]); significant repairs took place in the 1920s, again in the 1940s or early 1950s, and most recently in 1985-91. The ''zashiki'' reception room was originally built in [[1832]] as a space five ''[[tatami]]'' mats in area, but was later expanded with additional rooms, first into a total of nine ''tatami'', and then to twelve. The ''onarimon'' has a ''[[karahafu]]'' gate leading into a ''genkan'' entrance space.
==History==
The ''honjin'' was historically the home and business of the Ishii family. The family settled in the area in the 1620s, and from the mid-Edo period onwards the family head served as village headman (''ôshôya''). Additionally, beginning in the [[Genroku period]], they operated a ''[[sake|saké]]'' brewing business.
The compound was named an [[Important Cultural Property]] in 1968.
{{stub}}
==References==
*Plaques on-site.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/54260840782/sizes/k/]
[[Category:Historic Buildings]]
[[Category:Edo Period]]
