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2. Imperial Crown Style - Wikipedia

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   The Imperial Crown Style (帝冠様式, teikan yōshiki) of Japanese architecture developed during the Japanese Empire in the early twentieth century. The style is identified by Japanese-style roofing on top of Neoclassical styled buildings; [1] and can have a centrally elevated structure with a pyramidal hip roof.

3. Giyōfū architecture - Wikipedia

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   Former Kaichi school building (1876), an example of giyōfū architecture. Giyōfū architecture (擬洋風建築, Giyōfū-kenchiku, "pseudo-Western-style architecture") was a style of Japanese architecture which outwardly resembled Western-style construction but relied on traditional Japanese techniques.

4. Kibitsu-zukuri - Wikipedia

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   Kibitsu-zukuri (吉備津造), kibi-zukuri (吉備造) or hiyoku irimoya-zukuri ([入母屋造] Error: {{nihongo}}: transliteration text not Latin script (pos 1) , paired wing hip-and-gable roof style) is a traditional Japanese Shinto architectural style characterized by four dormer gables, two per lateral side, on the roof of a very large ...

5. Japanese architecture - Wikipedia

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   The Japanese began to build raised-floor storehouses as granaries, which were constructed using metal tools like saws and chisels that began to appear at this time. A reconstruction in Toro, Shizuoka is a wooden box made of thick boards joined in the corners in a log cabin style and supported on eight pillars.

6. Mokoshi - Wikipedia

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   In Japanese architecture mokoshi (裳階・裳層, also pronounced shōkai), literally "skirt storey" or "cuff storey", is a decorative pent roof surrounding a building below the true roof. [1] Since it does not correspond to any internal division, the mokoshi gives the impression of there being more floors than there really are. [ 1 ]

7. Chigi (architecture) - Wikipedia

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   Bargeboard chigi at Ise Shrine. Chigi may be built directly into the roof as part of the structure, or simply attached and crossed over the gable as an ornament. The former method is believed to closer resemble its original design, and is still used in older building methods such as shinmei-zukuri, kasuga-zukuri, and taisha-zukuri.

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9. Hisashi (architecture) - Wikipedia

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   In Japanese architecture the term hisashi (廂・庇) has two meanings: As more commonly used, the term indicates the eaves of a roof, [ 1 ] that is, the part along the edge of a roof projecting beyond the side of the building to provide protection against the weather.