edoma　江戸間

KEY WORD :　architecture / folk dwellings

A standard unit of measurement used in Edo, and various towns in the Kantou 関東 region. In constructing an ordinary merchant's dwelling the distance from pillar-center to pillar-center is about 175-180cm, and is the standard unit of measurement. However, usually farmhouses in the Kantou region were constructed with a slightly longer dimension.

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*inakama 田舎間, *kyouma 京間, *kanejaku 曲尺.

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