兵庫 平尾家 Hyougo hirao-ke House of Hirao in Hyogo
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There are several theories about Miyamoto Musashi’s birth place but one of the most dominant one is that he was born in Miyamoto Village in present-day Nimasaka City. Here is an area called “Musashi no Sato (Musashi’s village),” in which many monuments and remains pertaining to Musashi are located including his birthplace, his grave, and Sanomo Shrine. Next to the stone monument of his birthplace stands the house of Hirao household, into which Musashi’s elder sister, Ogin, moved after her marriage. The house was the largest thatched roof house in the town at that time. The present building was restored as it were in the Edo period. In 1600, when Musashi set out for a journey to perfect his skill in the martial arts at the age of 17, he dropped in at this house to leave his household articles, family record, lance, and jutte (an ancient weapon) with his sister and her husband. Later Ogin’s second son, Kagesada, succeeded Musashi’s household and lived in this house. The house is still lived by the descendants of Hirao family. It is a house with a distinguished history of 280 years.
- address
- Miyamoto, Mimasaka, Okayama Prefecture 707-041
- name
- House of Hirao in Hyogo