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  2. Namako wall - Wikipedia

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    Diagram showing square tiles, on the diagonal, nailed at all four corners and grouted in mounds over the joins and nails. Namako wall or Namako-kabe (sometimes misspelled as Nameko) is a Japanese wall design widely used for vernacular houses, particularly on fireproof storehouses by the latter half of the Edo period. [1]

  3. Japanese architecture - Wikipedia

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    This style had a lasting influence on later Japanese architectural styles and became the basis of modern Japanese houses. Its characteristics were that sliding doors called fusuma and paper windows called shōji were fully adopted, and tatami mats were laid all over the room.

  4. List of partitions of traditional Japanese architecture

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    Transition from Shinden style to Shoin style. Between the young man and the seated nun, sliding fusuma; behind them, non-sliding fusuma. On the young man's side, hajitomi shutters, horizontally split, with the upper half held up by hooks. On the nun's side, there are diagonally-planked sliding maira-do. Behind the young man speaking with the ...

  5. Minka - Wikipedia

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    Unlike other forms of Japanese architecture (such as those of the sukiya (数寄屋) style), it is the structure rather than the plan that is of primary importance to the minka. [3] Minka are divided up with primary posts that form the basic framework and bear the structural load of the building; secondary posts are arranged to suit the ...

  6. Category:Architecture in Japan - Wikipedia

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    Printable version; In other projects ... Japanese architectural styles (1 C, 14 P) U. ... Japanese Architecture and Art Net Users System; Japanese colonial architecture;

  7. Category:Japanese architectural styles - Wikipedia

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    Printable version; In other projects Wikidata item; ... Pages in category "Japanese architectural styles" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total.

  8. Shinden-zukuri - Wikipedia

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    There are no remaining original examples of Shinden-zukuri style buildings. It is often said that Byōdō-in temple is the existing shinden-zukuri, but according to Byōdō-in, Byodoin is not a shinden-zukuri style. [8] some current structures follow the similar styles and designs: Heian Palace; Byōdō-in's Phoenix Hall; Hōjō-ji

  9. Stone lantern - Wikipedia

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    The umbrella is small and four-sided. Kirishitan-dōrō (キリシタン灯籠) This is simply an oribe-dōrō with hidden Christian symbols. This style was born during the persecution of the Christian religion in Japan, when many continued to practice their faith in secret. [b] Mizubotaru-dōrō (水蛍燈籠, Mizubotaru-dōrō)