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  2. Fusuma - Wikipedia

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    In Japanese architecture, fusuma are vertical rectangular panels which can slide from side to side to redefine spaces within a room, or act as doors. [1] They typically measure about 90 cm (2 ft 11 in) wide by 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) tall, the same size as a tatami mat, and are 2–3 cm (0.79–1.18 in) thick.

  3. Shoji - Wikipedia

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    The ability to slide the shoji aside, and take them out and put them in a closet, means that living space is more spacious, open, and more connected to the garden outside. [5] [4] It also means that rooms can be thrown together for special occasions, so that a small house can host large social gatherings. [29]

  4. Kura (storehouse) - Wikipedia

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    Kura (倉 or 蔵) are traditional Japanese storehouses. They are commonly durable buildings built from timber, stone or clay used to safely store valuable commodities. Kura in rural communities are normally of simpler construction and used for storing grain or rice. Those in towns are more elaborate, with a structural timber frame covered in a ...

  5. Engawa - Wikipedia

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    An engawa (縁側/掾側) or en (縁) is an edging strip of non-tatami-matted flooring in Japanese architecture, usually wood or bamboo. The en may run around the rooms, on the outside of the building, in which case they resemble a porch or sunroom.

  6. Historic Villages of Shirakawa-gō and Gokayama - Wikipedia

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    The Historic Villages of Shirakawa-gō and Gokayama are one of Japan's UNESCO World Heritage Sites.The cultural property consists of three historic mountain villages over an area of 68 hectares (170 acres) in the remote Shogawa river valley, stretching across the border of Gifu and Toyama Prefectures in central Japan.

  7. Japanese architecture - Wikipedia

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    Tatami mats are rice straw floor mats often used to cover the floor in Japan's interiors; in modern Japanese houses there are usually only one or two tatami rooms. Another way to connect rooms in Japan's interiors is through sliding panels made of wood and paper, like the shōji screens, or cloth.

  8. Tsubo-niwa - Wikipedia

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    Tsubo-niwa gained greater popularity in the early 21st century, [6] and can be found in many Japanese residences, hotels, restaurants, and public buildings. [5] Multistory and underground interior spaces present difficulties for tsubo-niwa cultivation; artificial lighting, anidolic lighting (using fiberoptic cables to pipe in sunlight), and a ...

  9. Category:Houses in Japan - Wikipedia

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    Historic house museums in Japan (7 P) O. Official residences in Japan (1 C, 1 P) P. Palaces in Japan (2 C, 1 P) Pages in category "Houses in Japan"