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  • The Former Kawashima Family (local officials) Residence
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    After being recruited in the early Edo period by the Okubo family, the governors of Iwami region who also supervised production at the local silver mine, the Kawashima family served as mine supervisors for several generations. The Kawashima family residence is believed to have been built in the early 1800s. The main building, which appears at first glance to be a single-storey building, actually has a second storey above the earthen-floored part of the ground floor and the storeroom; the Zashiki room where guests were entertained faces onto the garden. As it embodies so many of the features characteristic of the residences of silver mine supervisors, the Residence has been designated a Historic Site by Ohda City government.

    河島家は銀山開拓と運営のために集められた人材だそうで、武士待遇だったようです。商家であった熊谷家とは違い、質素剛健を地で行くようなお宅でした。

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