jihiro　地火炉

KEY WORD :　architecture / aristocratic dwellings, folk dwellings,

Also read jikaro. 1　A hearth *ro 炉 excavated in the surface of an earthfloored area *doma 土間, or set into the surface of a raised timber floor in the food preparation structures of aristocratic, kizoku 貴族 and warrior class, bushi 武士 residences from the Heian period to the end of the medieval period. 2　In vernacular houses *minka 民家 of the Edo period in the more remote parts of the Kinki 近畿 region, a term for a hearth set in a raised floor.

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