Commensurate with high economic growth, the Japanese lifestyle has changed; when traditional private houses began rapidly disappearing in the 1960s, the designation of private houses as important cultural properties was accelerated.
高度経済成長による日本人の生活様式の変化に伴い、伝統的な民家が急速に姿を消し始めた1960年代から民家の重要文化財指定が積極的に推進されるようになった。