Japanese traditional architectural structure
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Hirairi/hirairi-zukuri (å¹³å ¥ã»å¹³å ¥é ) is a Japanese traditional architectural structure, where the building has its main entrance on the side which runs parallelââto the roof's ridge (non gabled-side). The shinmei-zukuri, nagare-zukuri, hachiman-zukuri, and hie-zukuri Shinto architectural styles belongââto this type. It survives mostly in religious settings.
In residential buildings, the entrance side is usually the "long one." But from the Edo period onward the opposite became more frequent.
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- ^ "Sessha - Massha" (in Japanese). Yahoo! Japan. Archived from the original on December 19, 2012. Retrieved January 31, 2011.