okiyane 置屋根
KEY WORD : architecture / folk dwellings
 
The upper roof erected over storehouses, kura 倉, of the *dozou 土蔵 type. In rural districts where tile was unobtainable, the okiyane provided a weatherproof canopy for the fireproof storehouse. The shallowly pitched lower roof of the storehouse, covered with mud daub *tsuchikabe 土壁, and plaster finish *shikkui 漆喰, formed the the base upon which the independent structure of the okiyane was erected. The frame was usually a combination of vertical roof struts koyatsuka 小屋束, purlins *keta 桁, and rafters *taruki 垂木. The roofing material was either thatch, *kayabuki 茅葺, or shingles, *itabuki 板葺. In this way the vulnerable plaster was protected from rain.
 
Old Ando 安藤 house, Kitagura 北蔵 (Yamanashi)
Old Ando 安藤 house, Kitagura 北蔵 (Yamanashi)

 
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*dozou-zukuri 土蔵造.
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