Imanishi Family Residence

Imanishi family's House (今西家住宅) is an old house/residence of Imanishi Family in an old historic town area of Imai-cho, Kashihara, Nara, Japan. It has been designated an "Important Cultural Property" in Japan.

Outside the house

It was built in 1650 (慶安3年) as a Minka or Machiya for Imanishi family, at the same time it worked as a kind of Jinya, the center and the court of Imai town, an autonomous towns.

Its roof is made in the form of "yatsumune-zukuri" (八棟造), which means "complicated roof style with multiple ridges and bargeboards".

Inside the house; This floor used to function as a local court

The white parts of the walls are plasters.

The photo of Imanishi family house taken in Taisho period

External links

• The Imanishi Family Rsidence Preservation Foundation
• Preface to the Chronicle " Kojiki "