hirashoin　平書院

KEY WORD :　architecture / aristocratic dwellings

One type of window used in a shoin style room *shoin-zukuri 書院造. A window with a sliding shutter *shouji 障子 and transom *ranma 欄間, flush against the wall at right angles to the end of an alcove *tokonoma 床の間 in the corner of the room. The desk and shelves often used in the shoin style are eliminated.

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*shoin 書院

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