A nō stage set into a tatami room: perhaps the only surviving example in Japan.
Built from 1904 onwards by Takatori Ihei, the ‘coal king of Hizen’, on a plot of about 2,300 tsubo overlooking Karatsu Bay. It combines Japanese architecture with Western elements (a marble fireplace, an Art Nouveau chandelier), and in the great hall it houses a stage for nō theatre set into a tatami room, a solution that no other Japanese house seems to have preserved. Seventy-two cedar sliding panels, painted by masters of the Shijō school of Kyoto during a six-month stay, decorate the interiors.
A national Important Cultural Property since 1998, restored between 2001 and 2007 following the guidelines of the Ministry of Culture.
ℹ️ Open to visitors with a ticket; a short walk from Karatsu Castle.
🚉 Karatsu · 14 min walk
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