chouna-zukuri　釿造

KEY WORD :　architecture / folk dwellings

A method of construction that employed long substantial beams called *chounabari 釿梁 to support the main transverse beams *jouyabari 上屋梁, without the main frame posts *jouyabashira 上屋柱. The chounabari are straight at one end and sharply curved at the other. The beam style derives its name from the beam's resemblance to an adze *chouna 釿. This construction system is particularly associated with thatched vernacular houses *minka 民家, in the Hida 飛騨 district of Gifu prefecture and in Toyama prefecture, and with steep A-frame *gasshou-zukuri 合掌造 houses. It became increasing popular in the latter half of the Edo period.

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