Category:

Municipally Designated Tangible Cultural Property (Ancient document)

Title:

Kataoka ke monjo

The Kataoka Family Documents
片岡家文書

No. of features:

170 documents

Designated:

April 1, 1999

Location:

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

2-1-2 Takahanacho, Omiya Ward

Owner:

Under private ownership (Seiganji, Nishi Ward)

Description:

A register of fields, residences, and forests from 1694.

 A 1744 cadastre of new rice paddies built along flood-prone areas like rivers and swamps (ryusakuba shinden) across 19 villages along the Arakawa River in the Sashiogiryo-Bessho region. This region was in Musashi Province’s Adachi district.

Land tax notifications and collection catalogs.

Associated Texts:

(2000). “Survey Report on Omiya City’s Cultural Properties” (vol. 47). Omiya Municipal Board of Education.

(2000). “Survey Report on Omiya City’s Cultural Properties” (vol. 48). Omiya Municipal Board of Education.

Please be courteous towards other visitors, locals, and the site’s owners/curators when visiting this cultural property.

This collection is occasionally on public display. For more information, please contact the Saitama City Museum.

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/p000369.html