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kazaridana 飾棚 | ||||||
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It is
found in mansions with large rooms *hiroma
広間, in the shoin style *shoin
書院. Kazaridana is either shelving or a cabinet for displaying treasured
things. The shelving itself is arranged in innumerable combinations to produce
highly decorative patterns. Such shelving is placed within side alcoves
*tokowaki 床脇, adjacent
to the main alcove *tokonoma
床の間. There are often cabinets at the floor level *jibukuro
地袋, at the ceiling level tenbukuro 天袋, or both. Their vertical dimensions
are about 1/5 of the height of the area from the floor to the ceiling. Sometimes
the cabinets extend only to half the width of the shelf space. Some alcoves
have circular windows with sliding *shouji
障子 and sometimes shelves are set in front of them. The shelves are made
of various woods including zelkova, paulownia, mulberry, cherry, rare foreign
woods, camphor, or black persimmon. |
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*chigaidana 違い棚, *tsuridana 釣棚 | ||||||
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