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Groups of Traditional Buildings

Groups of Traditional Buildings

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Groups of Traditional Buildings (伝統的建造物群, Dentōteki Kenzōbutsu-gun) is a Japanese category of historic preservation introduced by a 1975 amendment of the law which mandates the protection of groups of traditional buildings which, together with their environment, form a beautiful scene. They can be post towns, castle towns, mining towns, merchant quarters, ports, farming or fishing villages, etc.[1] The Japanese government's Agency for Cultural Affairs recognizes and protects the country's cultural properties under the Law for the Protection of Cultural Properties.

Municipalities can designate items of particular importance as Preservation Districts for Groups of Traditional Buildings (伝統的建造物群保存地区, Dentōteki Kenzōbutsu-gun Hozon-chiku) and approve measures to protect them. Items of even higher importance are then designated Important Preservation Districts for Groups of Traditional Buildings (重要伝統的建造物群保存地区, Jūyō Dentōteki Kenzōbutsu-gun Hozon-chiku) by the central government.[1] The Agency for Cultural Affairs then provides guidance, advice, and funds for repairs and other work. Additional support is given in the form of preferential tax treatment.

As of November 27, 2023, 127 districts have been classified as Important Preservation Districts for Groups of Traditional Buildings.

List of Important Preservation Districts

Criteria

Important Preservation Districts for Groups of Traditional Buildings are designated according to three criteria:[2]

  1. Groups of traditional buildings that show excellent design as a whole
  2. Groups of traditional buildings and land distribution that preserve the old state of affairs well
  3. Groups of traditional buildings and their surrounding environment that show remarkable regional characteristics

Statistics

More information Type, No. ofDistricts ...

Usage

The table's columns (except for Remarks and Images) are sortable by table headings. The following gives an overview of what is included in the table and how the sorting works.

  • Name: name of the important preservation district as registered in the Database of National Cultural Properties[3]
  • Type: type of the district (samurai / merchant / tea house /... quarter, post town, mountain village, mine town,...)
  • Criterion: number of the criterion under which the district is designated (see list of criteria above)
  • Area: area covered
  • Remarks: general remarks
  • Location: "town-name prefecture-name"; The column entries sort as "prefecture-name town-name".
  • Images: picture of the structure

List

More information Name, Type ...

See also

Notes

  1. The total in this column is larger than the number of designated groups, because some of the designated properties belong to more than one type.
  2. A jinai-machi, jinai-chō (寺内町) is an autonomous religious community that appeared in the Muromachi Period.
  3. During the Edo period, zaigō towns (在郷町, zaigō-machi) were areas in the countryside where artisans and merchants lived under the administration of a nearby village's magistrate (bugyō).
  4. (chūmon-zukuri, 中門造): a type of minka, vernecular house, with one or more wings projecting at right angles from the main house[15]
  5. (yakuimon, 薬医門): a gate with a gabled roof, two square or rectangular main posts and two square or circular secondary posts[18]
  6. (sodegura, 袖蔵): a type of storehouse flanking the main shop with the roofs at right angles to the main building[19]
  7. (sangawarabuki, 桟瓦葺): a roof tile combining a broad concave tile with a semi-cylindrical convex tile into one tile. The tile is square undulating from concave to convex.[70]
  8. (hongawarabuki, 本瓦葺): a tile roof composed of flat broad concave tiles and semi-cylindrical convex tiles covering the seams of the former[83]
  9. (yosemune-zukuri, 寄棟造): a hipped roof where the front and back are trapezoidal and the sides triangular in shape; in Japan generally used for buildings of less importance[110]

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