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|English Name=Yagyu Karo Residence | |||
|Japanese Name=旧柳生藩家老屋敷 | |||
|Year=Mid Edo Period (17th–18th century) | |||
|Residence Type= | |||
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|Samurai Residence Features= | |||
|Visitor Information=Open to the public; small admission fee | |||
|Website=https://www.city.nara.lg.jp/site/yagyuu/ (Nara City official) | |||
|City=Nara | |||
|Prefecture=Nara Prefecture | |||
|Background=The Karō Residence (家老屋敷) was the home of the chief retainer of the Yagyū Domain (10,000 koku), located just a short walk from the Yagyu Jin’ya. Built in the mid-Edo period, it served both as a private residence and as an administrative office for the domain’s top-ranking samurai official. | |||
The residence is a single-story hiraya structure with plaster walls and a tiled roof, arranged around formal reception rooms (zashiki) that face a dry-landscape garden. The architecture reflects the elevated status of the karō, more refined than an ordinary samurai home yet modest compared to a daimyō’s mansion. | |||
The complex includes a nagayamon gate, earthen walls, and a small but elegant garden. It provides rare insight into the lifestyle of high-ranking retainers in a small rural domain. Today it is preserved as a museum, displaying artifacts from the Yagyū clan and Edo-period samurai life. | |||
|GPSLocation=34.7348, 135.9892 | |||
|Visits=February 11, 2025 | |||
|AddedJcastle=2025 | |||
|Contributor=Eric | |Contributor=Eric | ||
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Revision as of 21:43, 31 August 2025
The Karō Residence (家老屋敷) was the home of the chief retainer of the Yagyū Domain (10,000 koku), located just a short walk from the Yagyu Jin’ya. Built in the mid-Edo period, it served both as a private residence and as an administrative office for the domain’s top-ranking samurai official. The res
Background
The Karō Residence (家老屋敷) was the home of the chief retainer of the Yagyū Domain (10,000 koku), located just a short walk from the Yagyu Jin’ya. Built in the mid-Edo period, it served both as a private residence and as an administrative office for the domain’s top-ranking samurai official.
The residence is a single-story hiraya structure with plaster walls and a tiled roof, arranged around formal reception rooms (zashiki) that face a dry-landscape garden. The architecture reflects the elevated status of the karō, more refined than an ordinary samurai home yet modest compared to a daimyō’s mansion.
The complex includes a nagayamon gate, earthen walls, and a small but elegant garden. It provides rare insight into the lifestyle of high-ranking retainers in a small rural domain. Today it is preserved as a museum, displaying artifacts from the Yagyū clan and Edo-period samurai life.
| Yagyu Karo Residence Profile | |
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| English Name | Yagyu Karo Residence |
| Japanese Name | 旧柳生藩家老屋敷 |
| Year | Mid Edo Period (17th–18th century) |
| Residence Type | |
| Features | |
| Visitor Information | Open to the public; small admission fee |
| Website | https://www.city.nara.lg.jp/site/yagyuu/ (Nara City official) |
| Location | Nara, Nara Prefecture |
| Castle | Yagyu Jin'ya |
| Coordinates | 34.7348, 135.9892 |
| Yagyu Jin'ya and nearby Samurai Homes | |
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| Admin | |
| Visits | February 11, 2025 |
| Added Jcastle | 2025 |
| Contributor | Eric |
