Ancient Samurai house in Okinawa Prefecture on Ishigaki Island at the Yaeyama Museum.

Описание: This house was built in 1907 by the Ohama family, a prominent former Ryugaku Kingdom family. It has stood through war, rain, and typhoons. It's a testament to how well the builders created this house.
Heavy red clay tiles were used to create the perimeter walls. You can see the interior of the house and all the tatami mat floors.

This house was relocated to the Ishigaki City Yaeyama Museum for preservation and display.

Here is the text from the sign outside the tiled wall. The text is exactly as written:

Establishment; in 1907 (year 40 of the Meiji era)
Former Address; 86 Tonoshiro, Ishigaki
Contributed in 2007 (year 19 of the Heisei era)
Relocated to Ishigaki Yaima Village on the following year

History; This is a traditional and sophisticated Yaeyama samurai residence. Built by Shinfun, the sixth head of Ohama family. Produced by his young brother. Shinretsu who is the head architect. (Shinretsu is father of Nobumoto, the seventh president of Waseda University)
Shinken, the eighth head of the family (1904-1972), who's a Doctor of Medical Science. He had contributed to eliminate the Malaria from Yaeyama archipelago. For a period of time, part of this residence was used for hospital.

Layout; Ichibanza (drawing room, 8-Tatami mats), Nibanza (family altera room 8-mats), Sanbanza (living room 6-mats). The main house leads into kitchen and storage. Behind of each rooms, there are three other rooms which are called Uraza. And these rooms are encircled by balcony and awning.

Materials; Inumaki (Podocarpus macrophyllus), Ebony (Diospyros ferrea), Common garcinia (Garcinia subelliputa), China berry (Melia azedarachi)

Notes; Kazan-gamia (Storm Protection)
Hurried preparations for an approaching typhoon were refend to as Kazaangamai. In this village, people put timbers between storm shutters and spread a wire rope around the residence.