京町家
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Japanese
[edit]| Kanji in this term | ||
|---|---|---|
| 京 | 町 | 家 |
| きょう Grade: 2 |
まち Grade: 1 |
や Grade: 2 |
| goon | kun'yomi | |
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| 京町屋 |
Etymology
[edit]Compound of 京 (Kyō, “Kyōto”) + 町家 (machiya, “townhouse”). Coined during the 1960s.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]京町家 • (Kyōmachiya)
- a traditional Japanese townhouse in Kyoto city
Usage notes
[edit]Used especially to refer to extant machiya built in Kyoto before the end of World War II.
See also
[edit]
京町家 on the Japanese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ja- Machiya on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
References
[edit]- ^ Maruyama Toshiaki (2014) Kyōto no machiya to Juraku-dai [Kyoto’s townhouses and Juraku-dai] (in Japanese), Kyoto: Shohan
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