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Minka

Minka (Japanese: 民家; lit. 'folk houses'), sometimes called kominka (古民家; lit. 'old 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). This connotation…

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Types

MachiyaGyokaSukiyaMortise and tenonShikoku
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Preservation

LandmarksOpen-air museumsNihon Minka-enKawasakiShirakawa
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Overall construction

MiscanthusHeianMuromachiShoinSumptuary laws
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Farmhouse interior

EngawaGenkanIroriTokonoma
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Types

Design of the floor plan

Overall construction

Roofing

Farmhouse interior

Typical Edo period farmhouses

Preservation

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Minka

Nodes54
Edges53
Triples59
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.037037
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Minka

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related to Preservation · 11
Minka → Gifu Prefecture, Gokayama, Japan, Kawasaki, Nihon Minka-en, Of, Shirakawa, The, Toyama Prefecture, UNESCO, World Heritage Site
related to Further reading · 10
Minka → Dictionary, Fuzoku, Japan, KK Tokyodō, Kodansha Encyclopedia, Kodansha Ltd, Popular Culture, Suzuki Mitsuru, Taro Sakamoto, Tokyo
related to Farmhouse interior · 7
Minka → Genkan, In, Large, Often, The, They, Yoshimura
related to External links · 5
Minka → Collection, JAANUS, Peabody Essex MuseumDefinition, Phillips Library, The Herbert Offen Research
related to Roofing · 5
Minka → Finally, Japan, Most, The, There
related to Design of the floor plan · 4
Minka → It, Japan, The, There
related to Gasshou · 4
Minka → Gifu Prefecture, The, Their, They
related to Overall construction · 4
Minka → For, Shizuoka, The, When
see also · 4
Minka → GokayamaNihon Minka-enA-frame, Historic Villages, Japanese, Shirakawa-gō
related to Types · 3
Minka → Japanese, They, Unlike

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roof posts japanese house four style used japan roofs houses structure machiya types found thatched one plan also edo period

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Nihon Minka-en in Kawasakiinstance ofThe tremendous regional variation of minka has also been preserved in open-air museums0.80text
where examples from around Japan are on displayinstance ofThe tremendous regional variation of minka has also been preserved in open-air museums0.80text
Minkarelated to Design of the floor planThere0.60section
Minkarelated to Design of the floor planThe0.60section
Minkarelated to Design of the floor planIt0.60section
Minkarelated to Design of the floor planJapan0.60section
Minkarelated to External linksThe Herbert Offen Research0.60section
Minkarelated to External linksCollection0.60section
Minkarelated to External linksPhillips Library0.60section
Minkarelated to External linksPeabody Essex MuseumDefinition0.60section
Minkarelated to External linksJAANUS0.60section
Minkarelated to Farmhouse interiorThe0.60section

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