Nihon Minkaen (Japanese Open-Air Folk House Museum)

Image View Description

Exterior

Date

17th-19th centuries

Work Type
architecture
Culture
Japanese
Location
Kawasaki (Japan)
Notes

Right: 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. Left: Yamada House, built in the early 18th century in Katsura Village in Toyama Prefecture. It is also a Gassho Zukuri style house.

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_0085