Although it is called his 'birthplace,' it is not a house of the Edo period, but this facility, which stands where the Nagatani family's house used to be, is a smaller newly built house with a thatched roof than the family's house.
「生家」と呼ばれるが、江戸時代の家屋が現存しているのではなく、永谷家の屋敷のあった場所に、実際の家屋よりも小さい茅葺きの建物を新たに建てたもの。