Remaining condition and roof ridge orientation of machiya in Tochigi Prefecture

DOI Web Site

Bibliographic Information

Other Title
  • 栃木県における町屋群の残存概況及び棟向きの分布
  • Expanded basic survey by web mapping
  • インターネット地図機能を用いた基礎的広域調査

Abstract

<p>Roof ridge orientation of machiya (traditional merchant house) is a key element of streetcape. As the number of machiya has been decreasing in recent years, basic survey is urgently needed Furthermore, because the direction of roof ridge may change within a narrow area, it is necessary to conduct a nationwide investigation on a per-settlement basis. This research is target at Tochigi Prefecture. It also looks at remaining condition of machiya in major district of each settlement.There are a lot of villages where there are a lot of tateya(roof style where the main entrance is on one or both of the gabled sides) and hukugougata(Front part　of machiya is　the entrance at the side parallel with the ridge,the part of the back is tateya) in Tochigi prefecture, were not able to confirm Kyoto model Machiya. Documents did not have a mention 6 villages among the high rank 10 villages which density of Machiya was high in. It confirmed machiya having the outer wall which was a stone-clad or both sides shutter box as the appearance properties.</p>

Journal

Keywords

Details 詳細情報について

Report a problem

Back to top