Aoyagi Residence

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Background

The Aoyagi were an upper class samurai family who also maintained prominence even after the Meiji Restoration and continued to live in the house until 1985. Today, the house and storehouse have been converted to museums. The property is bigger than you would expect for a samurai home, even in the upper classes. In later years they absorbed neighboring properties. Today, other buildings have been moved to the site to create an all around samurai and folk museum. This is one of the best places to understand upper class samurai life. The Aoyagi were also the head of the border guards and had an impressive collections of arms and armaments that can be seen in one of the warehouse museums.


Gallery
  • Aoyagi house and gate
  • Gate
  • Gate
  • Gate
  • Gate
  • Main entrance
  • Side entrance
  • House
  • Formal room (zashiki)
  • Formal room and garden
  • Formal room
  • House
  • House
  • House
  • House
  • House
  • House
  • Kitchen
  • Armory
  • Armory
  • Armory entrance from the house
  • Inside the armory
  • Inside the armory
  • Inside the armory
  • Warehouse connected to the main house
  • Entrance to the warehouse from inside
  • Entrance to the warehouse from inside
  • Akita Folk Museum, a former farm house
  • Inside the farmhouse and folk museum
  • Inside the farmhouse and folk museum
  • Samurai Tools Museum
  • Samurai Tools Museum
  • Samurai Tools Museum
  • Samurai Tools Museum
  • Aoyagi Residence
  • Map of the grounds
  • Outline of the house

  • Aoyagi Residence Profile
    English Name Aoyagi Residence
    Japanese Name 青柳家
    Year Mid 1800s
    Residence Type Upper Class
    Designations Prefectural Historic Site
    Features Gates, Garden, House, Warehouses
    Visitor Information Open 9:00-17:00 (Apr.-Nov.), 9:00-16:00 (Dec.-Mar.); 500 yen admission
    Website http://www.samuraiworld.com/english/index.html
    Location Semboku, Akita Prefecture
    Castle Kakunodate Castle
    Coordinates 39° 36' 1.91" N, 140° 33' 42.08" E
    Kakunodate Castle and nearby Samurai Homes
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    Admin
    Visits Aug. 9, 2004; May 11, 2018
    Added Jcastle 2018


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