The house was built as Emperor Meiji's Anzaisho with the private money spent by Matazo ASAMI, a business man of Nagahama, at the remained site of the annex hall of Daitsu-ji Temple (Nagahama City), and it was completed on the morning of February 21, 1887.
大通寺(長浜市)別殿跡地に長浜の実業家・浅見又蔵が私財を投じて明治天皇行在所として建設したもので、明治20年（1887年）2月21日の朝に竣工。