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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
sodegura 袖蔵 ✓

A *dozō 土蔵 type of storehouse flanking the main shop *…

Architecture, Storehouses
sunazuri 砂摺

A plaster coating on a storehouse wall about 4.5 mm thick. Traditionally the mixture by volume was 10 parts of sand, 15…

Architecture, Storehouses
sunuki 簀貫

A penetrating beam used as the backing and bracing for the various layers of plaster in the thick walls of a storehouse *…

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