Kanazawa City Ashigaru Museum, House museum in Nagamachi Samurai District, Japan.

The Kanazawa City Ashigaru Museum consists of two Edo-period ashigaru houses, the Takanishi and Shimizu residences, moved here and rebuilt in November 1997 in the Nagamachi samurai district. Both are single-storey wooden buildings with stone-weighted plank roofs, gabled and entered from the long side, pairing a guest room with kitchen and living quarters. Hedges and garden trees surround them.

The museum documents the Edo Period when ashigaru served as foot soldiers under the Maeda clan's command. These common warriors formed the backbone of armies despite having lower status than samurai.

The two houses belonged to the Takanishi and Shimizu families, both ashigaru households of the Kaga domain. The Takanishi house was lived in until 1994 and the Shimizu house until 1990, when descendants of ashigaru still occupied them. The museum opened in November 1997 after both were moved here.

The location is north of the Nomura-ke residence and easy to reach on foot. Free admission and multilingual information panels help visitors understand the displays.

The two houses were lived in until surprisingly recently: the Takanishi house was used as a residence until 1994, and the Shimizu house until 1990, passed down through generations of ashigaru descendants since the Meiji era. Both were moved here and rebuilt in November 1997.