「麻生 大浦荘」福岡県・“Aso Oura-soh” Fukuoka-pref

「麻生 大浦荘」福岡県飯塚市・“Aso Oura-soh” Fukuoka-pref.

福岡県飯塚市は明治から昭和まで日本の近代化を石炭で支えた筑豊の中心都市の一つでした。この大浦荘は、五大炭鉱主に数えられた麻生家の邸宅です。建物周辺の広大な敷地には現在でも麻生家の本家が置かれ、主屋から離れた一画にあるこの建物は、元日本国総理大臣・麻生太郎氏の叔父にあたる麻生太右衛門の邸宅として大正１３年（１９２４年）建てられたものです。現在は「大浦荘」としては麻生財閥グループのサロンとして活用されています。正門をくぐると建物まで長くのびるアプローチの真正面に巨大な金木犀の丸い刈り込みがいきなり目に飛び込んできて驚かされます。玄関はその後ろに隠れているのです。建築は典型的な近代和風住宅で、複数の棟が連結された複合的な邸宅です。まず玄関をあがると左右に長い廊下が伸びています。この廊下を左手に進むと生活エリアとなっており部屋がたくさんあります。また、右に進むと来客をもてなすエリアで、応接間（洋間）、その奥には和室の大広間があります。この巨大な大広間棟は大浦荘の中心をなす建物で、ガラス障子が張り巡らされた縁側からのぞむ庭園は大変明るく開放的です。庭は明治以降の近代和風邸宅に多く見られる芝生が広がるモダンな設えで、その中心にある井戸を囲むように丸く剪定された木々がオブジェのように組み合わされてユニットとなり庭園の主木群となっています。芝生広場の周囲は自然の小山です。その傾斜を活かして築山とし雑木林風の植栽をほどこし自然主義的な景観をつくっています。傾斜の麓には池もありますが池泉回遊式庭園と呼べるほどの規模ではありません。また大広間棟の縁先に置かれた巨大な手水鉢は圧巻です。庭園への門をくぐったすぐ左手には杉の木立があり石の五重塔が配置されています。日本庭園に置かれる石造景物は立派なものが揃っているのですが、それらはあまり目立たないように配置され、全体的な庭の印象はどことなく西洋的です。青モミジの春・紅葉の秋、それぞれ一週間ずつ公開（無料）されます。電話での問い合わせは飯塚市観光協会まで。

◉2020年秋の公開予定

　２０２０年１１月２３日(月・祝)～１１月３０日(月)

　　※コロナ禍の状況によっては中止の可能性も、お出かけ前に必ず確認して下さい。

　　http://kankou-iizuka.jp/event_44/

■名称：「麻生大浦荘」

■住所： 福岡県飯塚市１０６０

■TEL：0948-22-3511（飯塚市観光協会）

■見学：無料

■公開時間：9:00-17:00(入場は16:30まで) 雨天の場合庭へは入れません。

■駐車場：無し

■アクセス：JR福北ゆたか線「新飯塚駅」東口から徒歩約10分

・西鉄バス「笠松陸橋」下車、徒歩約3分

"Aso Ourasoh" Iizuka-cituy ,Fukuoka Prefecture

From the Meiji era to the Showa era, Iizuka City, Fukuoka Prefecture was one of the central cities in the Chikuho region that supported Asia's first modern industrial revolution in Japan with coal energy. The coal produced in Chikuho was also exported to Asia, the Industrial Revolution spread to the Far East, and the modernization of the Far East region was realized, and the infrastructure developed at that time became the economic foundation that continues to the present day. This Oura-soh is the residence of the Aso family, which was counted as one of the five major coal miners. The vast site around Oura-soh still houses the main residence of the Aso family. This Oura-soh, located in a section away from the main building, was built in 1924 as the residence of Taemon Aso, the uncle of Taro Aso, the former Prime Minister of Japan. Currently, "Oura-soh" is used as a salon for the Aso Zaibatsu Group. Passing through the main gate, you will be amazed at the large round topiary of Osmanthus fragrans, right in front of the approach that extends to the building. The entrance to the mansion is behind it. The architecture is a typical modern Japanese-style house, which is a complex mansion with multiple buildings connected. First of all, when you go up the entrance, a long corridor extends to the left and right. If you go to the left in this corridor, you will find many rooms in the living area. Also, if you go to the right, you will find an area that welcomes visitors. There is a very large Japanese-style room in the drawing room (Western-style room) and behind it. This very large Japanese-style building is the center of Oura-soh, and the garden seen from the side corridor with sliding glass shoji doors is very bright and open. In the garden, the western lawn that is often seen in modern Japanese-style houses after the Meiji era spreads, surrounding the well in the center, and the round pruned trees are combined like an object to form a unit. It is a group of main trees in the garden. The area around the lawn square is a natural slope. A thicket is created on the slope to create a naturalistic landscape. There is also a pond at the foot of the slope, but due to its small size it is not enough to call this garden the Chisenkaiyusgiki garden. The huge water basin bowl and stone lantern placed outside the side corridor of the large Japanese-style room are a masterpiece. Immediately to the left of the entrance to the garden is a groves of cedar and a very tall stone five-storied pagoda. If you look carefully, you will find the fine stone elements of a Japanese garden, but they are arranged so that they are not very noticeable, so the overall impression of the garden is Western. It will be open to the public (free of charge) for one week each in the spring of blue maple and the autumn of colored leaves. For telephone inquiries, please contact the Iizuka City Tourism Association.

◉ Scheduled to be released in the fall of 2020

November 23, 2020 (Monday / holiday) to November 30, 2020 (Monday)

* Please be sure to check the possibility of cancellation depending on the situation of corona damage before going out.

Http://kankou-iizuka.jp/event_44/

■ Name: "Aso Oura soh"

■ Address: 1060, Iizuka City, Fukuoka Prefecture

■ TEL: 0948-22-3511 (Iizuka City Tourism Association)

■ Tour: Free

■ Opening hours: 9: 00-17: 00 (Admission is until 16:30) In case of rain, you cannot enter the garden.

■ Parking lot: None

■ Access: Approximately 10 minutes on foot from the east exit of "Shin-Iizuka Station" on the JR Fukuhoku Yutaka Line

・ Get off at Nishitetsu Bus "Kasamatsu Rikkyo" and walk for about 3 minutes