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Architecture
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Folk Dwellings
A rear wing which extends from the main structure of a folk dwelling *minka 民家 in the Izumo 出雲 area of Shimane Prefecture during the Edo period. Originally a grain storage area called ushiroya 後屋, *chūmon 中門 or nezumi-irazu 鼠入らず (lit. "to eradicate rodents"), the extended wing came to be used for sleeping and/or clothes storage.