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kagiya 鍵屋 | ||||||
KEY WORD : architecture / folk dwellings | ||||||
Lit.
key-shaped house. A widely used term for vernacular houses *minka
民家, of the Edo period with an L-shaped plan. In parts of Niigata, Chiba
and Miyagi prefectures, it is used interchangeably with *magariya
曲り屋 for thatched farmhouses with a projection containing a stable or storage
space at the front of the earth-floored *doma
土間 at the lower *shimote
下手 end of the house. In Ooita prefecture, likewise it refers to a thatched house type
with an unfloored workspace or stable projecting at the front of the doma.
In parts of Tochigi and Fukuoka prefectures, by contrast, the projecting element is
usually a reception room *zashiki
座敷, and is located at the upper *kamite
上手 end of the house. In Fukuoka prefecture, the term is applied to houses where the
projection is a back chamber *nando
納戸 or room *heya 部屋
at the rear of the living area, kyoshitsubu 居室部. In Kumamoto prefecture, it
refers to houses comprising doma and kyoshitsubu joined to
make either an L or a Z-shaped plan. Theseare houses often narrow; about
2.5 *ken 間 (approximately
5m) in cross section |
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