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  2. Japanese architecture - Wikipedia

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    In traditional Japanese architecture, there are various styles, features and techniques unique to Japan in each period and use, such as residence, castle, Buddhist temple and Shinto shrine. On the other hand, especially in ancient times, it was strongly influenced by Chinese culture like other Asian countries, so it has characteristics common ...

  3. Minka - Wikipedia

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    Minka (Japanese: 民家, lit. "folk houses") are vernacular houses constructed in any one of several traditional Japanese building styles. In the context of the four divisions of society, Minka were the dwellings of farmers, artisans, and merchants (i.e., the three non-samurai castes). [1]

  4. Machiya - Wikipedia

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    The Tōmatsu house from Funairi-chō, Nagoya, is an example of a large machiya. Machiya façade in Kyoto Old fabric shop in Nara. Machiya (町屋/町家) are traditional wooden townhouses found throughout Japan and typified in the historical capital of Kyoto.

  5. Housing in Japan - Wikipedia

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    The Japanese Nationality Room—Minka (Traditional Japanese housing) JAANUS Japanese Architecture and Art Net Users System; Landlord-Tenant Relations and Law; Japanese house maker ranking; Nihon Minka-en in Kawasaki, Kanagawa is a collection of traditional Japanese minka.

  6. Category:Traditional Japanese architecture - Wikipedia

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    Partitions in traditional Japanese architecture (10 P) S. Shinto architecture (17 C, 34 P) ... Shofuso Japanese House and Garden This page was last ...

  7. Shoin-zukuri - Wikipedia

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    Shoin-zukuri (Japanese: 書院造, 'study room architecture') is a style of Japanese architecture developed in the Muromachi, Azuchi–Momoyama and Edo periods that forms the basis of today's traditional-style Japanese houses.

  8. Shinden-zukuri - Wikipedia

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    The moya is one big space partitioned by portable screens (see List of partitions of traditional Japanese architecture). Guests and residents of the house are seated on mats , laid out separately on a polished wooden floor.

  9. Nagaya (architecture) - Wikipedia

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    Nagaya (長屋, "longhouse") is a type of Japanese rowhouse that was typical during the Edo period (1603–1868). [ 1 ] Nagaya was a long housing complex under the same ridge, one or two stories high, divided into small compartments for rent.