京町家
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
editCompound of 京 (Kyō, “Kyōto”) + 町家 (machiya, “townhouse”). Coined during the 1960s.[1]
Pronunciation
editNoun
edit京町家 • (Kyōmachiya)
- a traditional Japanese townhouse in Kyoto city
Usage notes
editUsed 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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