Category:

Municipally Designated Tangible Cultural Property (Ancient document)

Title:

Hosobuchike monjo　

The Hosobuchi Family Documents
細淵家文書

No. of features:

1900 works (Including 103 books)

Designated:

March 28, 1985

Location:

In the custody of the City Archives Center

2-1864-10 Nisshincho, Kita Ward

Owner:

Saitama City

Description:

Edo- and post-Edo-period written documents related to the Numakage and Mutsujimachi Villages, handed down in the Hosobuchi family. Members of the Hosobuchi family served as village heads in Numakage Village, Sasame Territory for multiple generations. The oldest document is from 1639. 

Associated Texts:

(1986). “Survey Report on Urawa City’s Cultural Properties” (vol. 30). Urawa Municipal Board of Education.

(1986). “Cultural Properties in Urawa”. Urawa Municipal Board of Education.

This cultural artifact is not currently on public display.

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/p000359.html