Would there be a main house in a Japanese village?

Question:

google seems to be failing me and i can't seem to find the answer to any help?

Answer:

Today? No, just the village council office. In the Edo period, the richest farmer would be deputized by the person who owned the village to act as the village headman (in the Kansai area he was called the Shoya, in the Kanto area he was called the Nanushi) and his house would have to have the rooms necessary to receive visits by samurai, so yes there was a main house then.