Kitayama Juhachi Kento was a welfare facility that was constructed in Nara Kitamachi in the Kamakura period for protecting and aiding persons in serious illness, such as Hansen's disease.
北山十八間戸（きたやまじゅうはちけんと）は鎌倉時代に奈良きたまちにつくられたハンセン病などの重病者を保護・救済した福祉施設。