Private House of Yonaguni
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- Private House of Yonaguni
Private house built using bamboo at the westernmost part of Japan
Yonagunijima Is. is located at the westernmost part of Japan, approx. 509 km southwest of the main island of Okinawa, and approx. 127 km from Ishigakijima Is.. It is approx. 111 km away from the neighboring Taiwan. You can see mountains of Taiwan several times a year.
In the Ryukyu Kingdom era, the tax amount was determined based on the census in Miyako and Yaeyama. Once the amount was determined, they were required to pay the fixed amount by land division regardless of the changes in population. They had a ranking system of zaiban ［magistrate］dispatched from the royal government, local officials called head, and village officials chosen from peasants. The peasants were organized into Gonin-gumi or five-household units that shall be jointly liable for their behaviors, and supervised each other. Women were forced to weave fabrics to deliver to the government.
The names of buildings listed here [Romaji notation] are dialects of Yonakunijima Is.
This building exhibits a typical semi-agricultural and semi-fishing lifestyle in Yonaguni. A private house once existed in Yonagunijima Is. is the model of this building.
In the Ryukyu Kingdom era, the tax amount was determined based on the census in Miyako and Yaeyama. Once the amount was determined, they were required to pay the fixed amount by land division regardless of the changes in population. They had a ranking system of zaiban ［magistrate］dispatched from the royal government, local officials called head, and village officials chosen from peasants. The peasants were organized into Gonin-gumi or five-household units that shall be jointly liable for their behaviors, and supervised each other. Women were forced to weave fabrics to deliver to the government.
The names of buildings listed here [Romaji notation] are dialects of Yonakunijima Is.
This building exhibits a typical semi-agricultural and semi-fishing lifestyle in Yonaguni. A private house once existed in Yonagunijima Is. is the model of this building.