Category:

Municipally Designated Tangible Cultural Property (Ancient document)

Title:

Ojima ke monjo

The Ojima Family Documents
小島家文書

No. of features:

One collection

Designated:

February 13, 1976

Location:

In the custody of the Saitama City Museum (opens to new page)

2-1-2 Takahanacho, Omiya Ward

Owner:

Under private ownership (2-chome Torocho, Kita Ward)

Description:

A collection of ~1,000 documents spanning the early Edo and Meiji periods (1603-1912). Includes Toro Village cadastres from 1665, contracts, litigious documents, notices of land taxes on the Minuma-shinden agricultural area, land tax collection catalogs, materials from the Bakumatsu Reform, and texts related to tea production. 

Associated Texts:

(1986). “Cultural Properties in Omiya” (vol. 1). Omiya Municipal Board of Education.

Please be courteous towards other visitors, locals, and the site’s owners/curators when visiting this cultural property.  This property is on public display during designated periods. Please inquire with the facility in question for further details.

Inquiries (Japanese only)

Cultural Heritage Preservation Division, Department of Lifelong Learning, Board of Education Secretariat　

TEL：048-829-1723 FAX：048-829-1989

https://www.city.saitama.jp/004/005/006/001/017/012/003/p000342.html