The residence of the Egawa family, who served as Nirayama magistrates from the late Edo period through the end of the shogunate, designated a National Important Cultural Property. The main building, which conveys Kamakura-period construction techniques, is one of the oldest private-home structures in Japan. The late-Edo magistrate Egawa Hidetatu (Tanan) was an enlightened shogunate official who ac…
The Egawa family is said to have been a warrior clan that settled in Izu during the Kamakura period, and their residence is believed to be the origin of the present Egawa-tei. The main building retains strong traces of Kamakura-period construction techniques and is counted among the oldest surviving…
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