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Miniatures Adventure => Adventures in the Far East => Topic started by: Juxt on November 24, 2016, 11:24:14 AM

Title: Rural Japanese house floor plans
Post by: Juxt on November 24, 2016, 11:24:14 AM

A couple of weeks ago I visited the brilliant Nihon Minkaen open air folk architecture museum in Kawasaki.  The museum itself consists of around 25 buildings that have been transported from various locations around Japan, all of them are from the 1600s to 1800s but being rural houses they probably have an architectural style significantly older than their actual dates so would be fitting for quite a bit earlier or later.  Each of the buildings had a very handy illustrated floor plan outside its door, including measurements, geographical location and a bit of history, a perfect resource for us gamers.

Anyway, here's a few of the more interesting ones.

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v299/juxtimon/P1070609_zpsn21qv4wr.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v299/juxtimon/P1070624_zpsgo7omrmj.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v299/juxtimon/P1070625_zpstz5fydff.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v299/juxtimon/P1070636_zpszlhq8cwf.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v299/juxtimon/P1070645_zpsgpm8def9.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v299/juxtimon/P1070649_zpsfqyvfew7.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v299/juxtimon/P1070655_zps7altmh5o.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v299/juxtimon/P1070663_zpsdct1yakl.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v299/juxtimon/P1070665_zpsdecmnyxb.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v299/juxtimon/P1070666_zpsb836wnie.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v299/juxtimon/P1070679_zpsms5kgfdo.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v299/juxtimon/P1070673_zpsxy7otzpc.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v299/juxtimon/P1070680_zps1ccno8ti.jpg)

Title: Re: Rural Japanese house floor plans
Post by: Sangennaru on November 24, 2016, 11:28:56 AM

Interesting! Saving it in my mind for future reference! Thanks for sharing!

Title: Re: Rural Japanese house floor plans
Post by: OSHIROmodels on November 24, 2016, 12:14:25 PM

Been meaning to go here for a while, thanks for posting  :)

cheers

James

Title: Re: Rural Japanese house floor plans
Post by: olyreed on November 24, 2016, 12:23:08 PM

These would make some great additions to OSHIRO modelterrain catalogue, especially that water mill ;)

Title: Re: Rural Japanese house floor plans
Post by: OSHIROmodels on November 24, 2016, 02:01:42 PM

Quote from: olyreed on November 24, 2016, 12:23:08 PM

These would make some great additions to OSHIRO modelterrain catalogue, especially that water mill ;)

Already on it  ;D

cheers

James

Title: Re: Rural Japanese house floor plans
Post by: olyreed on November 24, 2016, 02:50:09 PM

where can i pre order :D

Title: Re: Rural Japanese house floor plans
Post by: OSHIROmodels on November 24, 2016, 03:09:32 PM

Quote from: olyreed on November 24, 2016, 02:50:09 PM

where can i pre order :D

 lol Not for a short while  ;)

cheers

James

Title: Re: Rural Japanese house floor plans
Post by: The Gray Ghost on November 24, 2016, 05:48:59 PM

That's cool Thanks for posting

Title: Re: Rural Japanese house floor plans
Post by: TwoGunBob on November 24, 2016, 05:58:58 PM

Very much appreciate you posting this for reference.

Title: Re: Rural Japanese house floor plans
Post by: sepoy1857 on November 25, 2016, 12:43:29 PM

Quote from: olyreed on November 24, 2016, 02:50:09 PM

where can i pre order :D

Me too!!!

Title: Re: Rural Japanese house floor plans
Post by: Vagabond on November 29, 2016, 08:52:46 AM

Hi juxt
Thanks for posting these it's really good reference material. There is a lot of good stuff on their web site.

One question I have is did they have paper windows and if so how do they protect them when it rains. I have seen pictures that appear to show some sort sliding shutter affair that looks like it hangs on a rail. Do you have any reference to this.

Did you post the rest of your pictures in the museum anywhere viewable?

Thanks again

Title: Re: Rural Japanese house floor plans
Post by: Vanvlak on November 29, 2016, 09:43:20 AM

Thanks - the storehouse looks particularly interesting.

Title: Re: Rural Japanese house floor plans
Post by: Yuber Okami on December 03, 2016, 08:08:02 PM

Those pics are a dream come true (at least for me)