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  1. Nomura Samurai House

    Nomura Samurai House

    The former residence of the Nomura family (野村家) is located in Nagamachi, the bukeyashiki or samurai quarter of Kanazawa, a quiet district characterised by its long straight mud-daub walls topped with traditional wooden slats called kobaita (小羽 板) and covered with straw mats (こも komo) in winter...
  2. Aizu Bukeyashiki

    Aizu Bukeyashiki

    Aizu Bukeyashiki (会津武家屋敷) samurai residences: the former residence of the Matsudaira clan and their retainers in Aizuwakamatsu. Here, a Shinto shrine within the matsudaira compound.
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  3. Aizu Bukeyashiki

    Aizu Bukeyashiki

    Aizu Bukeyashiki (会津武家屋敷) samurai residences: the former residence of the Matsudaira clan and their retainers in Aizuwakamatsu. Displayed here is a statue of Ganjin, a Chinese monk, who helped spread Buddhism in Japan in the eighth century. The statue commemorated Chinese-Japanese normalisation.
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  4. Aizu Bukeyashiki

    Aizu Bukeyashiki

    Aizu Bukeyashiki (会津武家屋敷) samurai residences: the former residence of the Matsudaira clan and their retainers in Aizuwakamatsu.
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  5. Aizu Bukeyashiki

    Aizu Bukeyashiki

    Aizu Bukeyashiki (会津武家屋敷) samurai residences: the former residence of the Matsudaira clan and their retainers in Aizuwakamatsu. Shown here, the tea rooms of the mansion called chashitsu and its nijiriguchi, or 'crawling-in entrance'.
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  6. Aizu Bukeyashiki

    Aizu Bukeyashiki

    Aizu Bukeyashiki (会津武家屋敷) samurai residences: the former residence of the Saigo, the chief retainers of the Matsudaira in Aizuwakamatsu. Shown here, the tea rooms of the mansion called chashitsu.
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  7. Aizu Bukeyashiki

    Aizu Bukeyashiki

    Aizu Bukeyashiki (会津武家屋敷) samurai residences: the former residence of the Saigo, the chief retainers of the Matsudaira in Aizuwakamatsu. Shown here are kago, shoulder-carried carriages.
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  8. Aizu Bukeyashiki

    Aizu Bukeyashiki

    Aizu Bukeyashiki 会津武家屋敷) samurai residences: the former residence of the Saigo, the chief retainers of the Matsudaira in Aizuwakamatsu. Shown here is a water-powered rice-cleaning mill (hanmai-seimaijyo) that could clean 1,200 kg of rice per day.
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  9. Aizu Bukeyashiki

    Aizu Bukeyashiki

    Aizu Bukeyashiki (会津武家屋敷) samurai residences: the former residence of the Saigo, the chief retainers of the Matsudaira in Aizuwakamatsu. The dressing room for one of the higher-ranking attendants.
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  10. Aizu Bukeyashiki

    Aizu Bukeyashiki

    Aizu Bukeyashiki 会津武家屋敷) samurai residences: the former residence of the Saigo, the chief retainers of hte Matsudaira in Aizuwakamatsu. The bath of the mansion.
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    Aizu Bukeyashiki

    Aizu Bukeyashiki (会津武家屋敷) samurai residences: the former residence of the Saigo, the chief retainers of hte Matsudaira in Aizuwakamatsu. Here, the lord's sleeping quarters, with his wife scolding the children for playing in what's off-limits to them.
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  12. Aizu Bukeyashiki

    Aizu Bukeyashiki

    Aizu Bukeyashiki (会津武家屋敷) samurai residences: the former residence of the Saigo, the chief retainers of the Matsudaira in Aizuwakamatsu.
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    Aizu Bukeyashiki

    Aizu Bukeyashiki (会津武家屋敷) samurai residences: the former residence of the Saigo, the chief retainers of the Matsudaira in Aizuwakamatsu. Here, the toilets of the mansion, using sand for sanitary purposes.
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    Aizu Bukeyashiki

    Aizu Bukeyashiki (会津武家屋敷) samurai residences: the former residence of the Saigo clan, the chief retainers of the Matsudaira in Aizuwakamatsu. The head of the clan receiving a high-ranking guest.
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  15. Aizu Bukeyashiki

    Aizu Bukeyashiki

    Aizu Bukeyashiki (会津武家屋敷) samurai residences: the former residence of the Saigo, the chief retainers of the Matsudaira in Aizuwakamatsu. Here, the clan chief receiving a high-ranking visitor.
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  16. Aizu Bukeyashiki

    Aizu Bukeyashiki

    Aizu Bukeyashiki (会津武家屋敷) samurai residences: the former residence of the Matsudaira clan and their retainers in Aizuwakamatsu.
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    Aizu Bukeyashiki

    Aizu Bukeyashiki (会津武家屋敷) samurai residences: the former residence of the Matsudaira clan and their retainers in Aizuwakamatsu.
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  18. Aizu Bukeyashiki

    Aizu Bukeyashiki

    Aizu Bukeyashiki (会津武家屋敷) samurai residences: the former residence of the Matsudaira clan and their retainers in Aizuwakamatsu.
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