Nagare-zukuri
The nagare-zukuri (流造, streamlined roof style) or nagare hafu-zukuri (流破風造, streamlined gabled style) is a traditional Shinto shrine architectural style characterized by a very asymmetrical gabled roof (kirizuma-yane (切妻屋根)) projecting outwards on one of the non-gabled sides, above the main entrance, to form a portico (see photo).[1] This is the feature which gives it its name. It is the most common style among shrines all over the country. That the building has its main entrance on the side which runs parallel to the roof's ridge (non gabled-side) makes it belong to the hirairi or hirairi-zukuri (平入・平入造) style.
Design
Sometimes its basic layout, consisting of an elevated core (母屋,
Variation
Ryōnagare-zukuri
Ryōnagare-zukuri (両流造, double streamlined roof style) is an evolution of the nagare-zukuri in which the roof flows down to form a portico on both non-gabled sides.
Kasuga-zukuri and nagare-zukuri
While superficially completely different, the nagare-zukuri style actually shares an ancestry with the second most popular style in Japan, the kasuga-zukuri.[4]
The two for example share pillars set over a double-cross-shaped foundation and a roof which extends over the main entrance, covering a veranda. (The Kasuga-zukuri is the only
The styles also share a veranda in front of the main entrance, which makes it likely they both evolved from a simple gabled roof.
See also
Notes
- ^ a b c History and Typology of Shrine Architecture, Encyclopedia of Shinto accessed on November 2009
- ^ The ken is the distance between one supporting pillar and another, a quantity which can vary from shrine to shrine and even within the same building.
- ^ a b JAANUS, Nagare-zukuri, accessed on December 1, 2009
- ^ ISBN 4-8122-9805-9.