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doza 土座 | ||||||
KEY WORD : architecture / folk dwellings | ||||||
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type of floor found in vernacular houses *minka
民家, used to create a sitting area, za 座 or kyoshitsubu 居室部,
without incurring the expense of a raised floor, takayuka 高床, made
of timber. Rice husks, momigara 籾殻, were spread upon the floor to
a depth of about 50cm, and covered with thin read mats, mushiro 筵.
The momigara was changed once or twice a year. Doza were still
used in minka in certain parts of Shiga prefecture, up to the end
of World War 2.. 2 In minka in parts of Miyagi prefecture, a room with a raised timber floor towards the front of the house adjacent to the earthen-floored area *doma 土間. |
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