Lit. tearoom. A Edo period communal living room usually containing a hearth *irori…

Also written 鎮木, 知木, 知疑. Also higi 氷木.

1　Forked finials, which are found on most Shinto…

1　A curtained sleeping platform used by those of highest rank in shinden style *…

1　A built-in ornamental doorway found in the raised area *jōdan…

A method of construction that employed long substantial beams called *chōnabari…

Transverse roof beams that span the distance from the center posts of a vernacular house with a thatched roof to the *…

A type of vernacular house *minka 民家, characterized by one or more wings or…

A term for a loft or attic occupying the roof space of a vernacular house *minka…

Also written 岸岐.

1　1) A general term for any architectural element built in a stepped or zigzag…

A thatching tool, kayayane fuki kōgu 茅屋根葺き工具, with a timber head, about 25 x 30 x 5 cm, fixed to a cylindrical…

Also aikidana 合木棚 or kangidana 函木棚. An alcove in a *shoin…

A distinctive style of farmhouse nōka 農家 which evolved in the Edo period in the Shirakawa 白川 and Shōkawa 荘川 areas…

A structure with a gable roof *kirizuma-zukuri 切妻造, projecting from the…

A structural system characterized by the creation of a peripheral zone *geya 下屋…

Lit. lower house. Also pronounced shitaya or shimoya. Also written 下家. Also referred to as *…

A form of construction characterized by the use of a strut *tsuka 束 standing…

A beam that spans the peripheral structural zone *geya 下屋, created by extending…

The posts along the outside of the peripheral zone *geya 下屋 created by extending…

Also called hon'yageta 本屋桁. The eaves plate or purlin supported by the *…