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In traditional Japanese architecture, there are various styles, features and techniques unique to Japan in each period and use, such as residence, castle, Buddhist temple and Shinto shrine. On the other hand, especially in ancient times, it was strongly influenced by Chinese culture like other Asian countries, so it has characteristics common ...
Minka (Japanese: 民家, lit. "folk houses") 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 farmers, artisans, and merchants (i.e., the three non-samurai castes). [1]
Groups of Traditional Buildings (伝統的建造物群, Dentōteki Kenzōbutsu-gun) is a Japanese category of historic preservation introduced by a 1975 amendment of the law which mandates the protection of groups of traditional buildings which, together with their environment, form a beautiful scene.
A building of a given style often must have certain proportions measured in ken (the distance between pillars, a quantity variable from one shrine to another or even within the same shrine). The oldest styles are the tsumairi shinmei-zukuri , taisha-zukuri , and sumiyoshi-zukuri , believed to predate the arrival of Buddhism .
Japanese castles 城, shiro or jō) ... Japanese castle-building was spurred, ... there has been a movement toward traditional methods of construction. ...
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.
Traditional earthen kura that has been converted into a cafe Kura storehouse in Kitakata with tiled roof. 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.
They are traditional locations for temizu (handwashing). They also provide light and ventilation. As the floorboards in a traditional Japanese building are usually raised above the ground, a niwa is an area without the wooden flooring; the floorboards surrounding a garden may form a veranda called an engawa.