京町家
Japanese
| 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 |
京町家: a traditional townhouse near Hōkyōji temple in Kyoto
Etymology
Compound of 京 (Kyō, “Kyōto”) + 町家 (machiya, “townhouse”). Coined during the 1960s.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [kʲo̞ːma̠t͡ɕija̠]
Noun
京町家 • (Kyōmachiya)
- a traditional Japanese townhouse in Kyoto city
Usage notes
Used especially to refer to extant machiya built in Kyoto before the end of World War II.
See also
京町家 on the Japanese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ja- Machiya on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
References
- Maruyama Toshiaki (2014) Kyōto no machiya to Juraku-dai [Kyoto’s townhouses and Juraku-dai] (in Japanese), Kyoto: Shohan