Nihon Minkaen (Japanese Open-Air Folk House Museum)

Image View Description

Exterior: Distant View

Date

17th-19th centuries

Work Type
architecture
Culture
Japanese
Location
Kawasaki (Japan)
Notes

Emukai House, built between the late 17th century and the early 18th century. It is a style of steep-sloped roof style house called Gassho Zukuri. It is from a village in the Toyama Prefecture where snowfall was heavy, hence the sharply inclined roof.

Image Source

The Trustees of Columbia University, Media Center for Art History, Department of Art History and Archaeology

Photographer
Jonathan Reynolds
Record ID
Farmhouse_Museum_0084