minka
Sign in to saveright|thumb|A -styled home in Shirakawa, Gifu (village)|Shirakawa village, [[Gifu Prefecture]] are vernacular houses constructed in any one of several traditional Japanese building styles. In the context of the four divisions of society, were the dwellings of farmers, artisans, and merchants (i.e., the three non-samurai castes). This connotation no longer exists in the modern Japanese language, and any traditional Japanese-style residence of appropriate age could be referred to as . thumb|Okugame minka farmhouse are characterized by their basic structure, their roof structure, and their roo
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14 sectionsContents
- Types
- Design of the floor plan
- Overall construction
- Roofing
- Farmhouse interior
- Typical Edo period farmhouses
- Gasshou
- Honmune
- Preservation
- See also
- Footnotes
- References
- Further reading
- External links
right|thumb|A -styled home in Shirakawa, Gifu (village)|Shirakawa village, [[Gifu Prefecture]] are vernacular houses constructed in any one of several traditional Japanese building styles. In the context of the four divisions of society, were the dwellings of farmers, artisans, and merchants (i.e., the three non-samurai castes). This connotation no longer exists in the modern Japanese language, and any traditional Japanese-style residence of appropriate age could be referred to as . thumb|Okugame minka farmhouse are characterized by their basic structure, their roof structure, and their roof shape. developed through history with distinctive styles emerging in the Edo period.
==Types== thumb|-style roof thumb| under repair thumb|thumbtime=1|Looking around a preserved old minka in Tokyo