Engawa

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Engawa

Engawa (縁側 or 掾側?) refers to the typically wooden strip of flooring immediately before windows and storm shutters inside traditional Japanese rooms.[1] Recently this term has also come to mean the veranda outside of the room as well, which was traditionally referred to as a nure'en (濡れ縁?).[2]

Notes

  1. ^ "En (縁?)". Daijisen (大辞泉?). (1995). Shogakukan (小学館 shougakukan?). Retrieved on 2008-07-20. 
  2. ^ "Engawa". Retrieved on 2008-07-20.
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