maguchi 間口
KEY WORD : architecture / general terms
 
1 The length of the front facade of a building or frontage of a plot of land from corner to corner. Maguchi is measured in precise dimensions, either Japanese feet, shaku 尺 or bays *ken 間. See *okuyuki 奥行, *ketayuki 桁行, *hariyuki 梁行, *harima 梁間.

2 In the Edo period, the front entrance of an urban merchant's house *machiya 町家, shouka 商家. See *oodoguchi 大戸口.
 
 

 
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