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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 farmers, artisans, and merchants (i.e., the three non- samurai castes ). [1] This connotation no longer exists in the ...
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.
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 ...
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 ...
Yagō (屋号), literally meaning "house name", is a term applied in traditional Japanese culture to names passed down within a guild, studio, or other circumstance other than blood relations. The term is synonymous with iena (家名) and kadona (角名). The term most often refers to the guild names of kabuki actors, but is also applicable to ...
A shoji ( 障 しょう 子 じ, Japanese pronunciation: [ɕo: (d)ʑi]) is a door, window or room divider used in traditional Japanese architecture, consisting of translucent (or transparent) sheets on a lattice frame. Where light transmission is not needed, the similar but opaque fusuma is used [1] ( oshiire /closet doors, for instance [2] ).
Chashitsu. Jo-an is a chashitsu (tea house) and inscribed as a National Treasure. Chashitsu in its garden setting, Itsuku-shima, c. 1900. Chashitsu ( 茶室, "tea room") in Japanese tradition is an architectural space designed to be used for tea ceremony ( chanoyu) gatherings. [1]
Shofuso (Pine Breeze Villa), ( Japanese: 松風荘) also known as Japanese House and Garden, is a traditional 17th century-style Japanese house and garden located in Philadelphia's West Fairmount Park on the site of the Centennial Exposition of 1876. [1] Shofuso is a nonprofit historic site with over 30,000 visitors each year and is open to the ...