The huge thatched
gable roof is all tied up
with plain straw ropes
and vines without any
nails. It's just resting
on the 3rd floor!
切り妻の窓を約15度
傾け「ころび」・防雨の
工夫がしてある。
.Gable windows are
slanted on purpose
so that rain doesn't
come in without
stormshutters !
Gasshou means ' joined hands'
A framed top ceiling
3階以上は養蚕・貯蔵・乾燥室・畳を敷けば160畳
The attics were used mainly for raising
the silk-worms and also for drying
and storing,
but never sleeping ! Why?
You wann'a end up being a
' smoked mummy' ?
‘ないじん’(仏間)
一向宗・浄土真宗・門徒
家を見れば仏壇が分かる・・
(元馬屋)
今は火を眺め茶をすすり
歴史を感じ文化を知る。
‘おえ’〔居間)
大家族(38人)の
日常生活の中心。
Family Shrine)
The larger the buddhist altar,
the richer the family is !
Former stable is now a tea room.
You can feel the real Japanese
culture and ingenuity...there.
The living room was
the center of the daily
life of the extended family(38)....