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dozō 土蔵

A form of storehouse which provided a fireproof place to keep valuables which were otherwise always at risk in highly…

Architecture, Storehouses
dozō-zukuri 土蔵造

Also referred to as *kura-zukuri 蔵造. A fireproof building construction…

Architecture, Storehouses
kura-zukuri 蔵造

An alternative term for *dozō-zukuri 土蔵造, the fireproof…

Architecture, Storehouses
kurazashiki 蔵座敷

Also *zashikigura 座敷蔵. A fireproof structure *…

Architecture, Storehouses

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JAANUS is the on-line Dictionary of Japanese Architectural and Art Historical Terminology compiled by Dr. Mary Neighbour Parent.

Originally built by the Atsumi International Scholarship Foundation, it is now hosted and maintained by the Media Center for Art History at Columbia University