Minka-dwellings of the common man
February 18, 2009 by
Filed under Japan Architecture
The term ‘Minka’ is used by the Japanese to mean ‘Houses of the people’. The term covers a great variety of residential typology, ranging from the houses of the village headmen and rich merchants to the huts of poor farmers and fishermen. Basically, the term covers all hierarchy of the society except the highest social [...]