Irimoya
Irimoya ( Japanese 入 母 屋 , also: Irimoya-zukuri 入 母 屋 造 , ~ construction ) describes a roof shape in Japanese architecture that in Europe corresponds roughly to the hipped roof .
Overview
The basic shape of this roof consists of a gable roof ( 切 妻 屋 根 , kirizuma-yane ), the eaves of which are drawn far down and on the opposite sides of which two hips are attached. The gable roof spans the center of the house ( moya ), while the hips protect the corridors ( 廂 , hisashi ) around the house. This roof shape came from China to Japan around the 6th century. It is often used in magnificent temples and castles. In Chinese this roof shape is called Xiēshān ( Chinese 歇山 ), in Korean Piljakjibung ( 팔작 지붕 ).
Examples of this roof shape can be found at Hōryū-ji and Toyomitsu-jinja ( 豊 満 神社 ) in Shiga Prefecture .
The Irimoya roof shape can be distinguished from the hipped roof ( 寄 棟 屋 根 , yosemune-yane ) and the shikoro-yane ( 錣 屋 根 ), a gable roof in which the sloping hips are set off and the eaves are not led downwards in one piece.
gallery
Main hall of the Yakushi-ji
Irimoya roof shape at Shimogamo-jinja
Main gate of the Shitennō-ji with a shikorobuki roof, Osaka
literature
- Yoshiko Watanabe-Rögner: Picture dictionary for an introduction to Japanese culture - architecture and religion . 1st edition. Helmut Buske Verlag, Hamburg 2008, ISBN 978-3-87548-346-8 .
Web links
- irimoya-zukuri 入 母 屋 造 . JAANUS - Japanese Architecture and Art Net System, 2001, accessed March 31, 2013 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ irimoya-zukuri 入 母 屋 造 . JAANUS - Japanese Architecture and Art Net System, 2001, accessed March 31, 2013 .
- ↑ Yoshiko Watanabe-Rögner: Picture dictionary for an introduction to Japanese culture . 2008, p. 72 (Section I-14 Roof Forms).
- ↑ Naver Dictionary. Retrieved March 31, 2013 .