Kura Yashiki, a kind of Shimo Yashiki, had several warehouses and residences in the compound which was built on the coast or at the mouth of a river, and these were facilities for the distribution of the products of the daimyo's home domain to transport them to Edo, and to put them into the market for disposal.
蔵屋敷は下屋敷の一つで、敷地内には、複数の蔵と屋敷があり、海岸や河口に造られ、国元で造られた品を江戸へ荷揚げし、払い下げるか売り下げて、市場に送り出す施設として使われた。