shoin-zukuri

shoin-zukuri
Style of Japanese domestic architecture. The name is taken from a feature called the shoin, a study alcove with a built-in desk. Other common features included the tokonoma and chigai-dana (built-in shelves).

The style, derived from Zen Buddhist monastic dwellings, gradually replaced the shinden-zukuri style during the Muromachi period (1338–1573). It is characterized by a new modesty of scale (forced on the aristocracy by loss of income); asymmetry and an irregular flowing together of masses; and the use of solid-wall construction and sliding shōji, rather than the movable partitions that divided the main living space in the shinden.

Shoin-zukuri interior in the Ginkaku Temple, Kyōto, showing a chigai-dana (left ...

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▪ Japanese architectural style
      style of Japanese domestic architecture. The name is taken from a secondary feature called the shoin, a study alcove. The shoin, tokonoma (alcove for the display of art objects), and chigai-dana (shelves built into the wall) are all formative elements of this style, which appeared in the Kamakura period (1192–1333) and derived from Zen Buddhist monastic dwellings. The style gradually developed during the Muromachi period (1338–1573) with the gradual extinction of the shinden style (see shinden-zukuri). The shoin-zukuri (literally, “shoin style”) is characterized by a new modesty of scale (forced on the aristocracy by loss of income); asymmetry and an irregular flowing together of masses that created a more compact dwelling; and the use of solid wall construction and sliding screens (see shoji). Frequently, the central room, where the tokonoma, shoin, and chigai-dana are located, is given prominence by raising part of its floor one step above the main floor; this platform is called a jōdan, and a room so raised is called an odanoma.

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