Walls and Windows
Hirose House: 1 7th c., Enzan City, Yamanashi Pref., presently in the Japan Open-Air Folk House Museum in Kawasaki City. In early minka, many of the hiroma with an irori hearth as the center of the living area are unfloored doma. The room is enclosed by earthen walls and is a very closed-in space. Windows like this created by leaving speces of wali un lastered I n
A Minka in lbaragi: 19th c.. Niihari County, Ibaragi Pref. Usuall the box for the amado is on the corner or end of the veranda, but by putting it in the middle, y hasized.