【 旧石黒(恵)家 】
Ishiguro-Kei House
人の背を優に越える木々。黒塀に囲まれている家が建ち並ぶ武家屋敷通りの終点。
At the end of a samurai residential street, lined with stately trees and houses with black outer walls, lies a unique building.
樹齢数百年の古木もあり、災害や戦渦を免れてきた武家屋敷通り。道幅も1620（元和6年）に蘆名義勝が整備した当時のまま。
Some of the trees are several hundred years old, and the samurai residence street has survived disasters and warfare. The width of the street is still the same as it was when it was laid out by Yoshikatsu Ashina in 1620.
石造の門柱を抜けた先に黄土色の壁、洋風の窓枠のお家があります。和風の要素もありそうで、他の武家屋敷とも違う。このお家にはどんな方が住んでいたのでしょうか。
Past the stone gateposts, you will see a house with ochre-colored walls and Western-style window frames. There seems to be an essence of Japanese style but it is different from other samurai residences. Who lived in this house?
どうやら和洋折衷のお家のようです。
The house has characteristics of both Japanese and Western styles.
こちらは、1935(昭和10)年に設計され、建てられた旧石黒恵家。斜向かいに建てられた石黒家の分家にあたります。
This is the former Ishiguro Kei House, designed and built in 1935. It is a branch of the Ishiguro family residence, which sits diagonally across the street.
千葉県に転居していた故石黒恵さんが1999年5月に角館町(現在の仙北市)に寄贈。修復工事を経て2010年4月から公開されているそうです。
The late Ishiguro Kei, who had moved to Chiba Prefecture, donated it to Kakunodate Town (now Senboku City) in May 1999. After restoration work, it has been open to the public since April 2010.
恵さんの書斎。4.5帖とは思えないほど広々として開放感があります。硝子をふんだんに使っていて採光も最高でした！
(Kei's study)
It is so spacious and open that it is hard to believe it is only 4.5 tatami mats in size. Also, the abundant use of glass provides wonderful lighting!
石黒恵さんのご親族にあたる石黒家13代目当主の石黒直伸さん。直伸さんの大伯母寿さんの子息にあたるのが恵さんです。
｢恵は子供の頃こちらで暮らして大人になって千葉県で建築士になったのでこの建物の素晴らしさが分かっていたと思います｣。そう語る直伸さんも旧石黒恵家を｢大好きな場所の一つ｣と言います。
Ishiguro Naonobu is the 13th head of the Ishiguro family and Kei's relative. Kei was the son of Naonobu's great-aunt Hisa.
“Kei lived here in his childhood and became an architect in Chiba Prefecture, so I think he knew how wonderful this house was” says Naonobu. He also says that the former Ishiguro Kei House is “one of my favorite places.”
(大広間)
稲藁の茎部分の表皮を使った土壁と壁面いっぱいの出窓が特徴的。照明器具は建築当時のものなのだそう。
(Formal Drawing Room)
The earthen walls made with the outer skin of rice straw stalks and the bay windows throughout them are distinctive features of this house. The lighting fixtures are said to have remained from the time of construction.
(風呂場)
昭和初期に流行したタイルが張られています。直伸さんの父直次さんも入ったことがあるとか。
(Bathroom)
It is covered with tiles that were popular in the early Showa period. Naonobu's father, Naotugi, is said to have used the bathroom.
(茶の間)
直伸さんが｢好き｣と話すポイントの一つ。台所から料理を出し入れした小窓が設けられている。
(Japanese style living room)
One of the rooms that Naonobu says he likes. It has a small window through which dishes are served from the kitchen.
(座敷)
｢日本家屋は直線的なものが多いけど、斜めのデザインは斬新ですよね｣と直伸さん。
(Japanese style room with tatami mats)
"Most Japanese houses are often vertical or parallel in design, but this house has an innovative diagonal design," says Naonobu.
在来の和風住宅に西洋間を加え、玄関を共通にして連続させているという特徴がある旧石黒恵家。江戸から時代が移り、角館の住宅変遷の歴史を令和になった今日も伝えている貴重な文化財です。
The former Ishiguro Kei House is characterized by the addition of a Western-style room to a traditional Japanese-style house, and the use of a common entrance to create a series of rooms. It is a valuable cultural asset that continues to tell the history of Kakunodate's residential transition from the Edo period to the present day.
(Photographer & Writer けゐ-Kei-)