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[[File:Isoijinkan.jpg|right|thumb|320px|The Iso Ijinkan]]

[[File:Isoijinkan.jpg|right|thumb|320px|The Iso Ijinkan]]

*''Other Names'': 異人館 ''(Ijinkan)'', 旧鹿児島紡績所技師館 ''(kyuu Kagoshima bouseki sho gishikan)''

*''Other Names'': 異人館 ''(Ijinkan)'', 旧鹿児島紡績所技師館 ''(kyuu Kagoshima bouseki sho gishikan)''

*''Japanese'': 磯異人館 ''(Iso ijinkan)''

*''Japanese'': 磯異人館 ''(Iso ijinkan)''

Originally built in the Iso neighborhood of [[Kagoshima]] as a residence for British spinning engineers, the ''Iso Ijinkan'' (lit. "Iso Foreigners' Hall") is a notable example of some of the earliest Western-style architecture in Japan.  

Originally built in the Iso neighborhood of [[Kagoshima]] in [[1867]] as a residence for British spinning engineers, the ''Iso Ijinkan'' (lit. "Iso Foreigners' Hall") is a notable example of some of the earliest Western-style architecture in Japan.  

The ''Ijinkan'' is a two-story wooden building in a Colonial style, with verandas on all four sides, and a tiled roof; in some parts metal roofing tiles are used. It covers a total ground area of 342.7 square meters. Other structures on the grounds included a small stables, outhouse, kitchens, and baths.

The ''Ijinkan'' is a two-story wooden building in a Colonial style, with verandas on all four sides, and a tiled roof; in some parts metal roofing tiles are used. It is roughly 14.4 meters in height, and covers a total ground area of 342.7 square meters. Other structures on the grounds included a small stables, outhouse, kitchens, and baths.

[[Godai Tomoatsu]] and [[Niiro Hisanaga]] led a group of 14 [[Satsuma students]] on a tour of Britain, Belgium, France, and Prussia in [[1865]]. In March [[1866]], Godai and Niiro completed a contract with a group of British engineers, four of whom (including one E. Home) arrived in Japan in November of that year, and began construction on spinning factories. Chief engineer John Tettrow and two other additional engineers arrived in January the following year, and [[Iso cotton mill|the first modern spinning mill]] in Japan was completed that May. The engineers came on a two year contract, and were paid 5000 pieces of silver each year; their travel expenses to and from England were also paid by [[Satsuma han]]. Godai and Niiro also brought back ten carding machines and six reeling machines from England.

[[Godai Tomoatsu]] and [[Niiro Hisanaga]] led a group of 14 [[Satsuma students]] on a tour of Britain, Belgium, France, and Prussia in [[1865]]. In March [[1866]], Godai and Niiro completed a contract with a group of British engineers, four of whom (including one E. Home) arrived in Japan in November of that year, and began construction on spinning factories. Chief engineer John Tettrow and two other additional engineers arrived in January the following year, and [[Iso cotton mill|the first modern spinning mill]] in Japan was completed that May. The engineers came on a two year contract, and were paid 5000 pieces of silver each year; their travel expenses to and from England were also paid by [[Satsuma han]]. Godai and Niiro also brought back ten carding machines and six reeling machines from England.