OLD JAPANESE HOUSE, YOSHINO

A tea house called “Geishun-an” was built in the Meiji era by Mr. Sakujiro OKITA (1843-1901) from Oyodo Town. He had a villa  of his family by the Yoshino River, as well as the tea house in the middle of a mountain a discreet distance away. These buildings reveal his dilettantism. I'm going to do a write-up who he is based on some materials. SUMMARY Mr. Sakujiro OKITA was born in 1843 in Yoshino. He was a powerful forester who put a lot of his own money into the modernization of this area. After his hard work toward reestablishing Nara Prefecture as a member of the Osaka prefectural representatives, he participated in the national administration as a member of House of Representatives from 1894 to 1897. He died in 1901 at the age of 58, with a smile, glancing at a single plum flower. He loved Japanese plum trees. A dilettante and heavy drinker, he excelled at calligraphy and public speaking. Stone monument commemorating Sakujiro in Yoshino-jingu Shrine EARLY LIFE AND PERSONALITY ...