The Ohashi House is a representative building that exemplifies the Kurashiki machiya style. The main building, nagaya gate, rice storage and built-in cellar were designated as nationally important cultural properties in 1978.
A special feature of this building is that the terraced house was built facing the street and the main house was inside with a front garden. Since the main entrance and exit were built to pass through the nagaya, it was called nagayamon, and the fact that this was not allowed in a normal machiya was with the permission of the Kurashiki magistrate at the time, and its status was remembered because of its height.
The main building is a multi-story irimoya-zukuri style building with a tiled roof and one room and zushi on the top floor and a one-story tatami room to the east.
Most of the materials used are local pinewood, and the decoration materials are cedar and cedar with a planed surface, giving the building a simple but neat appearance.
In addition to the “Fujokaku”, the main part was built from 1796 to 1799 based on materials such as ridge shields and ink calligraphy, and later in 1807 and 1851. It was found that major changes were made twice.
From 1991 to 1997, the conservation and repair work including the demolition of the building lasted three years and four months, and the building regained its stately appearance in 1851, when it was in the best condition of the mansion and regained its splendor, a sign of prosperity.
* Letter of intent for construction and civil engineering work
* Irimoya-zukuri = A gable structure in which the roof at the top of the second floor slopes in two directions (like an upside-down open book) and a hip structure in which the roofs on the floors protrude in four directions it consists of
*Zushi = Storage space in the attic/ceiling