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The Miki family or191nally hailed fromthe lord's family ln the town of Aga.
ln 1580

Aga castle fell to TaikoHideyoshi. The Miki famlly escaped toHayashida town and became farmers.
The Miki famlly seⅣed as the head ofthe vi"age for the Hayashida clan
through the Edo period.

The Miki residence is assumed tohave been built in the ear一y days of theEdoPeriod.

This

prope什yis

considerab一y older than any otherhistorical residences. So far it is theoldest house of the villa9e's headthat has been found in Hyogo
prefecture. An Edo period vi"agehead's residence is extremely rare inJapan.

Nagayamon

長屋門

SeⅣice gate

T‑T‑‑Nagayamon

長屋門

Servicee gate

Nagaya長屋

Row houseThis gate was bui一t in 1796. lts dimensions are

65meters long by

5meters wide. lt has agabled′ nipped roofcalled ̀lrimoyadukuri'which

is protected by alternating flat and round tiles

called ̀Honkawarabuki'.
Nagaya has about 327square meters of interior
SPaCe･

Question

H.w much did.he rec｡ns.,uc.ion c.S. f.r the Miki Residence,tL‑tL･J LIr.JL+̲

A. $845,300

B. $8,453,000

C. $84,530,000Hari梁Beam

Look at the ceiHn9. Those trees are ̀Hari'beams.
They used fわur big trees.

Three plnes and one hackberry are used for beams.

h order from left to right, prne, hackberry, plne, Plne.
lt is said plne and hackberry trees are good for̀Hari'because the trees are tough and sticky.
Answer
B. $8,453,000
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Omotedaidokoro

表台所

○庁ice

Question

What is the round wood on the ceillng?
tLlthLtt ･fHLL

Omotedaidokoro

表台所

OfficeHere is the office of the vi"age head '0‑jouya'. The
who一e floor is covered with black boards.

We call this space 'ltanoma', and itwas built as a workspace for the Miki family.
lt■s be一ieved they used the space for deliverlng theland taxes and making reports to send to the feudalclan.
Answer lt means bumper crops･
Mochibanakazari This is a New Year's decoration.
餅花飾り≠lLb.･L･上すrJJL+̲PeopLe display it for showing their

New Year wishes.

Genkan

玄関

Entrance

Genkan

玄関

Entrance

This room is called ̀Genkan'. This room has theentrance for the local lord and guests who are in
hi9h positions.

From the entrance to the west, it's caHed 'Zashiki',which is the room with Tatami'. ̀Shoji'and ̀Fusuma'
are sliding panels. The door handle has a picture ofa plnetree. lt■s very rare. Please take a look.

o蒜謡冒n Ga.efor.he Loca. Lord

Onarimon
御成門

Gate for the Loca一 Lord

That gate is only for the local lords. It is named thèOnarimon'. Through the gate and the path, you cansee the entrance of the buildin9 here.

Omotezashiki

表座敷
Here is 'Omotezashiki'. This place is where the local
lord stayed. There are evergreen trees around hereand people can go down to the garden.

Okuzashiki

Emongake

奥座敷

衣紋掛け

翠 Question
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Do you know why this entrance is so small?

Yukashitashunou

床下収納Underground storage

Okuzashiki

This is the prlVate room forthe Miki family.

奥座敷
Emon9ake

This is ̀Emongake'. We used this for

衣紋掛け

hanglng the kimonos.

Yukashitashuno

床下収納Underground storage

This is an underground storage.

We call it 'Yukashitashuno'in Japanese.
We can put money or food in it. Thiswas also an escape routeto use when the locaHord was attacked.
But we don■t use it anymore.

AnswerThis small room is for tea ceremonies. Therefore the entrance isvery small and low.

A person who has a sword cannot enter. We call such an entrance
書‑JIL ･†卜JL+.

̀Nijiri9uChi' .

Hanarezashiki separate Room from the離座敷

Main H｡use

Hanarezashiki

離座敷

Separate Room fromthe Main House

̀Hanarezashiki'was used for guests or for a retired

member of the Miki family.
The ceiling ls very low because people at that time
were shorter than we are now.

Kitayudono

北湯殿Steam Bath

Kitayudono steam Bath

北湯殿This room is called 'Kitayudono'. lt has a 'Mushiburo'and a toilet.
'Mushiburo'is ljke a sauna and it has a machine to make hot airon the bottom.

This Mushiburo has three features.
First, it has a Japanese traditional deslgn Called 'Karahafu.
Second, there is a wooden board cawed with the kanji ̀Kan'on it.

The second, fourth, fifth, and sixth Miki generations used thiskanji for their names.
Third, this decoration looks Iike a peach. The peach was thought
to have the power to ward o斤bad spirits.

lt is rare for a prlVate house to have such a ̀Mushiburo', and today
there are only two in all of Japan.