Ohara family

...This is the current traditional aesthetic quarter, and contains cultural facilities such as the Kurashiki Folk Crafts Museum, built in a storehouse, the Kurashiki Archaeological Museum, and the Ohara Museum of Art. The Ohara family, wealthy merchants and large landowners, used this area as a base for establishing Kurashiki Spinning and Kurashiki Silk (now Kuraray). The original Kurabo factory is adjacent to the aesthetic quarter, and the site is now occupied by the Kurabo Memorial Hall and a hotel that makes use of the former Kurabo building, and the remains of the magistrate's office are also located within the same premises. ...

*Some of the terminology that refers to the "Ohara family" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…ここが現在の伝統美観地区で，土蔵造の倉敷民芸館，倉敷考古館，大原美術館などの文化施設がある。豪商で大地主であった大原家はこの地を根拠に倉敷紡績や倉敷絹織(現，クラレ)を興した。倉紡の初期の工場は美観地区に隣接し，現在，跡地には倉紡記念館や倉紡の建物を生かしたホテルがあり，代官所跡もその敷地内にある。…

※「大原家」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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