Private Housing of the Yoshimuras
This is believed to have been rebuilt immediately after it was destroyed by fire during the summer campaign in Osaka in 1615 (Genna 1).
It is a representative house of village headmen and wealthy farmers of early-modern times, retaining the architectural style of shoin-zukuri with refined folding screens of the Momoyama period.
A distinguished feature is two types of roof, a steep thatched roof and a considerably lower tiled roof on the gable side, and the bamboo ceiling, the handles of the sliding doors, the transoms in the back rooms, and the paintings on the sliding doors still retain traces of those days.
It was the first minka house to be designated a National Treasure in 1937 (Showa 12), and was later designated an Important Cultural Property again in 1950 (Showa 25).
It was extensively dismantled and repaired from 1951 to 1953 and restored to its original appearance as it was approximately 400 years ago.
The Private Housing of the Yoshimuras is open to the public four times a year and seminars are held to learn about its history.
