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Minka. Coordinates: 36°24′N 136°53′E. A gasshō-zukuri -styled minka home in Shirakawa village, Gifu Prefecture. Minka ( Japanese: 民家, lit. "house of the people") are vernacular houses constructed in any one of several traditional Japanese building styles . In the context of the four divisions of society, Minka were the dwellings of ...
The Tōmatsu house from Funairi-chō, Nagoya, is an example of a large machiya. Machiya façade in Kyoto Old fabric shop in Nara. Machiya (町屋/町家) are traditional wooden townhouses found throughout Japan and typified in the historical capital of Kyoto.
A public housing building provided by the government of Tokyo. A house with an old-style thatched roof near Mount Mitake, Tokyo. Housing in Japan includes modern and traditional styles. Two patterns of residences are predominant in contemporary Japan: the single-family detached house and the multiple-unit building, either owned by an individual ...
The upper stories of the gasshō houses were usually set aside for sericulture, while the areas below the first (ground) floor were often used for the production of nitre, one of the raw materials needed for the production of gunpowder. [1]: 46 The Gassho-style house is architecturally one of Japan's most important and rare types of farmhouse.
Japanese architecture. Kinkaku-ji, Kyoto, originally built in 1397 ( Muromachi period) Japanese architecture (日本建築, Nihon kenchiku) has been typified by wooden structures, elevated slightly off the ground, with tiled or thatched roofs. Sliding doors ( fusuma) and other traditional partitions were used in place of walls, allowing the ...
Ryokan. A ryokan ( 旅館) [a] is a type of traditional Japanese inn that typically features tatami -matted rooms, communal baths, and other public areas where visitors may wear nemaki and talk with the owner. [1] Ryokan have existed since the eighth century A.D. during the Keiun period, which is when the oldest hotel in the world, Nishiyama ...
Sukiya-zukuri (数寄屋造り) is one type of Japanese residential architectural style. Suki (ateji: 数寄 or 数奇) means refined, well cultivated taste and delight in elegant pursuits, [ 1] and refers to enjoyment of the exquisitely performed tea ceremony. The word originally meant a small structure for the Japanese tea ceremony (known as ...
Tsuridono (釣殿) Shinden-zukuri (寝殿造) refers to an architectural style created in the Heian period (794－1185) in Japan and used mainly for palaces and residences of nobles. [1] In 894, Japan abolished the kentōshi (Japanese missions to Tang China), distanced itself from Chinese culture, and brought into bloom a culture called ...