First of all, draw the main lines. Most of them are straight, not enough and curved. We draw the contours of the base.

Now we detail the drawing more, lengthen the roof and bases.



Now you need to draw racks on the sides of the house and in the central corridor. Then it remains to erase unnecessary lines and just decorate the drawing. We will get something like this:



Japanese houses are very interesting in design, diverse and not like other houses.

But like other houses, they have clear lines in a pencil drawing. Their roofs have a peculiar shape - they have rounded ends.

For drawing, you can use the following schemes and samples:









You can draw such peculiar houses.



The exclusivity of Japanese houses in the roofs and windows. The roofs on the corners are pulled up, and if it is multi-storey, then each level on the corner looks up.



There are about 9 options for Japanese houses



Yes, pay attention to the windows, there are quite a lot of them, sometimes they occupy the entire wall.



To begin with, you should look at some photos of Japanese houses on the Internet in order to feel a little about their culture, architectural features, and an unusual design. Also, most often near the house you can find sakura, which is also revered in Japan.

















Architectural buildings in Japan are quite peculiar and interesting. Let's look at how you can draw Japanese houses.

1) Here is the first option, in my opinion a great view will convey the atmosphere of the country:



2) Here is another good option, according to this sketch, drawing a Japanese house is not difficult at all:



3) And one more option:



Each country has its own culture and traditions. The associations that arise with the housing of the Japanese are a house with a curved roof upwards, which is a symbol of the samurai. The roof is directed towards the sun.

However, there are even more unusual houses in Japan.

For example, a Japanese colorful house.



Japanese mountain house.



Japanese forest house



And they can even build houses on trees.



Therefore, we choose the type of construction we like or a traditional house and draw the building itself in straight lengths, and then add elements to it.

Let's not forget that the Japanese love to decorate their houses with hieroglyphs, drawings of dragons, etc.

We take a sheet of paper. We mark the horizon line.



Approximately sketching the frame of the house (it would be nice to have a couple of photos with Japanese houses on hand)))



Japanese house Hic is good in the landscape, let's add something like that schematically.



Let's work on the details a bit.



It's time to tackle the color issues. First, with large strokes, we create a color solution.





To draw a beautiful Japanese house, you first need to have a sample image on hand. When I was lucky enough to visit Japan, I learned that houses there are also different, both light and elegant buildings and massive stone giants. And there are also small houses made of bamboo, and more made of stone.

The roof of a Japanese house is a symbol of the head and helmet of a samurai, and the house itself must be decorated with hieroglyphs, symbols of the sun or dragons.

To make the drawing more reliable, you can draw a landscape of Japanese nature. This high mountains with snowy peaks, Japanese cherry sakura, trimmed trees, rivers, a huge red rising sun.



Japanese houses are very beautiful and unusual for Europeans. They look very imposing and slightly militant. Most often they have one floor and slightly rounded edges on the roof. You can picture them like this:

It should be understood that the Japanese house today and yesterday are in many ways different things. In our world, new traditions, materials, and technologies are everywhere in place of old traditions, the homeland of the Samurai is no exception. Architecture keeps up with the times and changes, in megacities it is more noticeable, in rural areas it is not so obvious.

🈚 In urban housing, you can find much more similarity with traditional design in the interior, which cannot be said about appearance.

🈵Attention! Despite the fact that the Japanese style of housing construction was largely influenced by Chinese architecture, it has a number of important features- simplicity, good lighting and asymmetric scheme!

🈯 Minimalism is the main component of Japanese life and interior design.

How a traditional house is arranged in Japan

The classic housing of Japanese commoners is called Minka. Artisans, fishermen, merchants lived in such buildings, in other words, all those segments of the population that did not belong to the samurai and the nobility.

Minka can be divided into several types:

• matiya: where the townspeople lived;
• noka: peasants lived;
• gyoka: fishermen's buildings;
• gassho-zukuri: mink in remote mountainous areas with steep and massive thatched roofs, silkworm hut.

🈚 Roof Matia - tiles or tiles. Roof Nok - straw or shingles.

🈯 Although Minka, in the classical sense of the word, means medieval buildings, but today this term is applied to any residential building in the Land of the Rising Sun.

Key Features

Mink element	Material	Peculiarities
Basic materials	wood, bamboo, clay, grass, straw	Easily available and inexpensive materials.
Roof	straw, tiles	Relies on wooden beams, can be straight, pointed at the corners or raised.
Walls	clay, wood	Interior walls are usually omitted, and Fusuma or Shoji (moving screens) are used instead - Washi paper is attached to a wooden frame. For this reason, Mink can safely be called an open-plan housing.
Foundation	stone	This is the only purpose.
Floor	earthen or wooden, raised on piles (50-70 cm)	Covered with tatami or mushiro mats. Tatami is more durable beautiful option, made from special igus bamboo and rice straw.
Furniture	tree	There is little furniture. Built-in cabinets. You can select Kotatsu. This is a kind of small Japanese table. It consists of three elements: a support, a tabletop and a padding between them in the form of a heavy blanket or futon mattress. Often under this table in the floor there was a source of heat in the form of a hearth. The most important things are stored in special Japanese chests on wheels Tansu, in case of fire they can be easily saved by rolling them out into the street.
Windows and doors	wood and washi paper	All windows and doors, with the exception of the main entrance, are not stationary, Fusuma or Shoji play their role.
Decor	calligraphy, paintings, ikebana	Everything is very poor in comparison with European houses. Basically, one small niche (tokonama) is allocated to the decor elements.

There are practically no chimneys. This is due to the raised piles of the floor and the high roof.

Increasingly, traditional Japanese houses are built with several floors, although previously only one level was used.

In general, the history of architecture has developed with a combination of climate, relief and other features. For example, high temperature and humidity influenced the fact that the Japanese dwelling was made as open, ventilated and bright as possible.
And the danger of earthquakes and tsunamis prompted the use of piles in the design. They softened the shocks. They also tried to lighten the roof as much as possible so that when the house was destroyed, it could not cause critical physical damage to the owners.

Japanese style implies a reverent attitude towards purity and harmony. After all, initially the room was a project for a person living on the floor. And for such a philosophy, the absence of dirt and chaos is extremely important. It is not for nothing that such things as special slippers before the restroom and bath or exclusively white socks have become customary.

🈚 To be fair, we note that keeping clean in Japanese square meters is easier than in our apartments. This is due to the minimal presence of furniture - the main place where dust accumulates.

Separately, it is necessary to highlight the Japanese garden

Image: Garden

Harmony with the surrounding world and nature is deeply rooted in the philosophy of this oriental people. And this could not but affect them Everyday life including designing your home.

The Japanese surrounded their homes with wonderful and characteristic gardens only for them. Travelers were amazed by the beautiful and harmonious combination of natural components and man-made products: bridges, ponds, lanterns wrapped in transparent paper, figurines and much more.

But, perhaps, Sakura is the most common element in the Japanese garden. This is not just a plant, it is a real symbol of all eras, dynasties and empires.

🈚 By removing all Fusuma or Shoji, the Japanese turns the house into a kind of "arbor" in his own garden, thereby satisfying the innate need to reflect on the meaning of life. This partly explains the absence of classical windows and doors in our understanding.

🈯By the way, many European and American specialists in landscape garden design take the Japanese style of decorating the local area as the basis for their projects.

Device diagram

So, to summarize, the layout of a traditional Japanese dwelling will consist of the following places:

• outer fence;
• kindergarten;
• tea house (more often among the nobility);
• outbuildings (barn or storage place for tools and tools);
• veranda (engawa);
• main entrance (odo);
• entrance hall Genkan;
• kitchen;
• toilet;
• bathroom or Japanese bath ofuro;
• rooms (washitsu).

🈯 The central part of the house may consist of several wasitsu. If a large meeting of guests is planned, then all partitions are removed, it turns out one large hall!

🈵Important! The Japanese often measure rooms not by square meters, but by the number of tatami mats. The standard mat is 90 cm wide and twice as long.

In general, tatami is an important element of Japanese culture. Their number and location can determine the nature of the wasitsu. For example, it could be a bedroom. In this case, a Japanese Futon mattress is placed on the mats and a standard sleeping place is obtained for a resident of the area, the ancestor of Sumo wrestling.

Tea House or Chashitsu

Important and wealthy families had a tea house on the territory. The first such structures appeared in the 15th century AD. From the name it follows that these places were intended for the tea ceremony and in general had the main properties and signs of culture - minimalism, asceticism, spaciousness and illumination.

🈯 A pond or a lake around is a classic of the genre!

At the same time, there are a number of features:

• Low entry requiring the person to kneel. The main message of this idea is that, regardless of status, everyone should bend down to enter this "temple of tea drinking and spiritual pleasure." The second point is that people with weapons were not allowed here, such a door prevented the samurai from entering Tyashitsu with weapons.
• Opposite the entrance, a place was arranged in which certain attributes were concentrated. These were either traditional calligraphic drawings and texts that were the subject of discussion, or relaxing objects like ikebana or incense-wasting sticks and censers.

🈚Tea houses in Japan promote meditation and tranquility, or vice versa - they are conducive to philosophical conversations.

Pattern: Tea house in Japan

Ryokan Hotels

These hotels can also be classified as traditional Japanese houses. For tourists and travelers, this is a kind of temple of traditional Japanese culture. All rooms are furnished in a manner consistent with Mink's hut.

Here you can plunge into the Japanese identity. Sleep on tatami mattresses. Spend time in o-furo. See the traditional kimonos worn by the staff. Taste with the help of Japanese hashi sticks the national cuisine rich in seafood and vegetables.

Modern Japanese style house

As mentioned at the beginning, modern Japanese housing has changed a lot, especially on the outside, but the interior design of almost any native of the Land of the Rising Sun contains a shade national traditions.

In the current realities, when the cost per square meter and interior elements is growing, the Japanese style with its minimalist approach to furnishing is becoming the most practical. And the free layout of their home gives people the opportunity to realize their design fantasies and ideas.

Buildings in urban and rural areas should be considered separately.

City. The appearance of ancient and modern Japanese cities has changed dramatically. In place of the wooden Matia, buildings came, erected using materials such as brick, concrete, iron, bitumen.

In the central parts of the policies, business skyscrapers rise, where the basis of a strong and stable economy is being forged. World famous corporations are located here.

Most of the townspeople live in apartments located in high-rise buildings. As a rule, these are five to seven storey buildings. One-room apartments predominate. The area of ​​the rooms does not exceed 10 square meters.

The layout of such housing simply surprises with its rationalism when using such a limited area. When you enter, you will see this view:

• Small narrow corridor.
• On one side of the corridor is a combined bathroom.
• On the other side there is a built-in wardrobe and a kitchen.
• Next is a small room.
• Miniature balcony with drying stick.

Everything is space saving. This is a kitchen built into the closet, and placing plants on the walls, and a miniature bathroom. Well, the tradition of sitting on the floor, and, consequently, the lack of chairs and armchairs.

Entrance to the apartment

Kitchen in the closet

But some Western influences can also be distinguished, for example, the presence of a European bed or a console under the TV.

Wealthier people buy so-called family apartments (60-90 m2) or private houses on the outskirts.

🈵 In Japanese homes, central heating is practically not practiced, instead gas, electric, infrared and even kerosene heaters are used.

Countryside. Houses outside the city are less subject to modern trends. Although many of them today are modeled after Western society using know-how materials, it is still possible to draw an analogy with the traditional Minko.

Everyone decides for himself to what extent his housing should correspond to classical Japanese culture and style.

Let's single out some of the most common common features that are inherent in houses in the outback now:

• The minimum amount of furniture. Ignoring chairs and armchairs.
• Elevation of the floor half a meter above the ground.
• Free layout provided by movable screens (Fusuma or Shoji).
• High roof.

The more prosperous the peasant, the more he uses the achievements of modern science. The poor people in the countryside still make straw roofs, sleep on futons, and keep warm at the kotatsu.

Frame buildings

Whatever the global trends in architecture are, the Japanese build only frame houses. This technology is simply necessary for them to survive in an earthquake zone.

The frame house is incredibly resistant to tremors, as if it absorbs and extinguishes them. Frame structures are known that have survived a large number of earthquakes over a thousand years and practically did not suffer.

This technology has some advantages! They are relatively easy to restore when destroyed. These structures are lightweight, and when collapsed, they are not likely to cause severe fatal damage.

There are three types of frame houses:

1. Wooden. These are traditional Japanese Minka, tea houses, temples;
2. Reinforced concrete. Modern skyscrapers.
3. Unusual futuristic buildings. Frame technology allows you to build bizarre buildings unusual shapes and their combinations.

Frame unusual structure

Dome houses - the most modern Japanese technologies in the field of architecture and construction

They have an unusual design in the form of a hemisphere. It looks like alien terrestrial settlements of the future.

The most unique thing is the material. In fact, this is a housing made of reinforced foam! He endows these buildings with such useful and necessary properties for the climate of Japan as strength and high thermal insulation. You can also avoid spending on the frame and foundation, which decently reduces the cost of its cost.

In Europe, they are actively beginning to introduce this technology in the production of seasonal suburban housing.

At the end of the video on the topic:

Master class on drawing "Land of the Rising Sun"

Dumler Tatyana Petrovna, drawing teacher of the MAOU gymnasium No. 56 in Tomsk
Purpose: This work is intended for students of grade 4 under the B.M. Nemensky, for teachers, parents and all interested people.
Target: To form an initial understanding of the culture of Japan.
Tasks:
- reveal image artistic culture Japan,
- develop artistic taste, individual creative abilities,
- to cultivate respect for the traditions and culture of the peoples of the world.
Materials:
To complete the first part of the work you will need: drawing paper, gouache, watercolor, paint brushes of different sizes (No. 1, No. 5), a glass of water.

In 4th grade in class visual arts children get acquainted with the culture of different countries, master different techniques of drawing and artistic work. On this lesson children are immersed in the topic.
Let's start by preparing the background. We paint over the sheet with "rainbow" stripes with watercolors.

While the sheet dries, the guys watch the presentation. Viewing a slide presentation introduces students to the geographical location of this country, landscape features: majestic mountains, stone gardens with "humped" bridges, reservoirs, charming flowering trees, bizarre architectural structures of vulgar centuries.
For further work, we select the most memorable images. Sakura is a flowering cherry (plum) tree. We begin to draw branches in gouache in brown, curved, ornate, with a characteristic thinning from above. (This technique is familiar to children, we practice pressing the brush at the beginning of the line, relaxing the pressure and raising the brush to the tip at the end of the line.)

To make the colors of the tree, we use white paint, mix white and a drop of red in the cap to get a pale pink hue. We draw flowers with a brush using a poke technique.

Pagoda - a multi-tiered structure used as a temple (Buddhist relics were kept inside). We draw a pagoda with ocher, rectangles of different sizes, line up with a ladder. We place the building in the upper half of the sheet horizontally.

Next, we draw a roof with curved surfaces and raised corners that protrude beyond the building and reliably protect it from bad weather. With a thin brush with brown paint, the guys draw the outline of the roof and then paint it.

A little more time will have to be spent on drawing the window and doorways of the pagoda.

On the second half of the sheet (horizontally) we draw one of the most beautiful aquatic plants - LOTUS. A lotus is born in muddy swamp water, but it is born pure. Lotus is a Buddhist symbol of purity.
We draw lotus petals with a wide brush of pale pink color. The first petal is straight, then we add the petals on the sides, connecting at the bottom at one point.

Having completed the symmetrical drawing of rose petals, we start drawing white petals on top of the previous ones in between.

The guys complete the drawing of aquatic plants at their discretion. Someone draws lotus leaves, someone reeds, someone just decorates with patterns.

In the next lesson, students continue their acquaintance with the culture of Japan. They have to make a round Japanese fan out of their drawing. For this job they will need: scissors, glue, adhesive tape, 60 cm packing tape, 2 strips of cardboard 1 cm by 10 cm.

To begin with, I suggest that the guys fold their drawing in half and cut it along the fold line.

Then the two halves are glued into one long strip. Glue a ribbon to the top edge of the picture (it can be of any color).

The next stage of work is a bit difficult for the guys, you need to fold the whole drawing with an even accordion.

We collect the lower edge of the accordion, fix it with our fingers, fix it with tape.

Glue strips of cardboard to the outer edges of the fan.

We unfold, we connect, the FANS is ready!

Hello, dear readers - seekers of knowledge and truth!

Japan for Europeans is like a completely different world. The life and way of life of the Japanese is so unusual for us that, of course, we are interested in getting to know this country better and learning about its traditions and culture. And today we will lift the veil of secrecy and look into the Japanese house.

We invite you to learn about how traditional Japanese housing is arranged inside and out, what unusual pieces of furniture and household items are called and compare how people lived in antiquity and in modern times.

Homes in the past

Varieties of dwellings

Traditional Japanese houses are called minka, which means "human dwelling". They were inhabited by ordinary people who did not belong to the noble strata of the population and to the samurai.

As a rule, the inhabitants of these houses were engaged in crafts, fishing, agriculture, and trade. Minka, similar to the ancient ones, are now preserved only in the countryside.

Depending on the type of occupation, varieties of mink were distinguished:

• matiya - for city dwellers;
• noka - for villagers, farmers, peasants;
• gyoka - for fishermen;
• gassho-zukuri - for the inhabitants of the mountains in distant settlements.

Matiya house in Japan

The latter are of particular interest and historical value. This was the name of the dwellings in the mountainous areas of the island of Honshu. The owners of gassho-zukuri were engaged in sericulture, so they needed a spacious ground floor for drying products, and an attic for the production process.

Gassho-zukuriin the villageGokayama and Shirakawa are on the UNESCO World Heritage List.

Appearance

For the construction of the mink, inexpensive materials were used that were easy to find. The frame was made of solid wood, beams, the facade was made of wood, clay, bamboo using grass and straw elements.

Particular attention was paid to the roof. Since there were no chimneys, unique high roof structures were erected with several slopes and peaks that did not allow moisture in the form of snow and rainwater to linger. The roof of the matia was tiled, tiled, and the noka was thatched.

Even the most modest families tried to surround themselves with a picturesque garden with green vegetation, decorative elements in the form of small ponds, bridges. Often there were separate utility rooms. The house had a veranda - engawa, as well as the main entrance - odo.

Interior decoration

Minka starts from the hallway - genkan. Here they take off their shoes before going inside.

A typical house is divided into two parts: with a floor covered with earth, and with high niches raised by 50 centimeters with wooden supports - takayuka. The Japanese spend almost all the time on the floor: they rest, talk, eat, sleep.

Mushiro and tatami mats made of high-quality bamboo are laid on the floor. Despite their simplicity, they are very beautiful. , comfortable and practical.

Since ancient times, the Japanese have used not only square meters, but also tatami, the size of which is 90 by 180 centimeters, as a measure of area.

There are no divided rooms as such, because load-bearing walls are not used in the space. Their role is played by movable fusuma partitions and shoji sliding doors.

The space enclosed by such screens becomes a room - a wasitsu. When guests are expected to receive, the partitions are simply removed, and one large living room is obtained.

What catches the eye in the Japanese dwelling is a striking order. This is partly the merit of neat economic Japanese women, partly - minimalism in the internal structure. There is little furniture here, half of which, such as cabinets and storage compartments, are built-in. The Japanese decor is also quite modest and is represented by paintings, flower arrangements, calligraphic elements and a kamidana niche like an altar.

The main piece of furniture is the kotatsu. This is a table with a table top, around which is a blanket or a special mattress - a futon. Looking at the inside of a kotatsu will help you see a hearth underneath to keep you warm.

The kitchen, bathroom and toilet are separated from the common area. The bathroom in Minka has always been separate. The Japanese ofuro bath is also famous, where often all family members could bathe in the same water, having previously rinsed in a special room.

Home now

Changes

Modern realities dictate their conditions, technologies do not stand still, new materials appear to replace the old ones, and this, of course, is reflected in architecture.

There are several trends that have changed the face of traditional houses:

• One-story buildings are being replaced by houses with 2-3 floors.
• The size of housing is affected by the size of the family - parents try to ensure that each child has a separate corner.
• Due to the hot and humid climate, houses are made more open, "breathing".
• In some regions prone to earthquakes and tsunamis, dwellings are built on piles.
• Only frame construction made of wood, reinforced concrete is allowed.
• The imagination of architects develops along with technology, so there are more and more futuristic buildings with non-standard geometry and layout.
• Domed houses are gaining popularity - made of technologically advanced polystyrene in the shape of a hemisphere, they are in no way inferior to the usual structures in terms of properties.
• In a modern interior, traditional tatami mats are beginning to coexist with classic Western sofas, sofas, and couches.

Dome houses in Japan

Modern noka

In rural areas, changes in the external and internal decoration of houses are not as obvious as in the city. Here the dwellings remain fairly traditional, with thatched roofs and bamboo exterior walls still to be found.

The average area of ​​a village house is 110-130 sq.m. There is a living room and 4-5 bedrooms here. The kitchen and dining room, with a kamado hearth for cooking, are usually located separately on the terrace.

city ​​houses

Today, in cities, brick, iron, concrete, bituminous materials are most often used for buildings. There are not as many free lands within the city or in its immediate vicinity as in the villages, so the yards are narrow and elongated.

Such constraint in space also affects the size of buildings - they rarely exceed 80 sq.m. There are bedrooms, a living room, a kitchen, and even a trading room or a workshop, if the owners need them. An attic is built under the roof to equip storage space.

Apartments

The Japanese, striving for a good life, a prestigious profession, and consistently high earnings, rush to large cities, in particular, to Tokyo. The high population density and relatively small area make it necessary to build high-rise residential buildings with small apartments.

The average area of ​​such an apartment is 10 sq.m., which in itself makes you show ingenuity and miracles of logistics.

One room contains:

• hallway;
• fenced combined bathroom;
• bedroom;
• kitchen area;
• embedded storage solutions;
• balcony for drying clothes.

Richer people can afford a 70 sq.m. spacious apartment by Japanese standards. or a house in the private sector within the city.

Some interesting facts

• In Japan, there is no such thing as central heating. Electric blankets, heaters, bathtubs, kotatsu are used to fight the cold.
• The Japanese do not sleep on beds, but on mattresses - kotatsu, which are so compact that they can easily fit in a closet.
• In the kitchen of Japanese women, there are a lot of different utensils and appliances - from dishwashers and bread machines to rice cookers and electric grills.
• Before entering the toilet, you need to wear shoes designed specifically for this room.
• The best description of the Japanese style in interior design is minimalism, harmony, purity and asymmetry.

Conclusion

We learned that the traditional dwellings of the Japanese are called minka. Ordinary people used to live here, and in some areas such houses have survived to this day.

Most of the time family members spend on the floor, so the main task is to create a comfortable space filled with warmth and harmony with a minimum of furniture and decor. For several centuries, the living conditions and everyday habits of people in the Land of the Rising Sun have not changed much, which makes their houses unique in their kind.

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There is, however, exactly one thing that definitely did not come to Japan from nowhere, and which, apparently, will not go anywhere. This tradition stands and holds the Japanese like roots. Real estate. , an amazing structure in which everything is completely different from anywhere else.

There is a place - open museum Japanese houses in Kawasaki. Some inscriptions are worth something. They'll come up with it. You can't draw. Except pencil and coal, for some reason. AND toilet traditional japanese costs.

And you can't use it either. They say it's an exhibit. And so I wanted to. It's a shame.

In general, no other people except the Japanese invented sleeping, eating, sitting and living at home right on the floor, without furniture. Even the most modern fashionable and expensive Tokyo skyscrapers only from the outside they look like western buildings. Inside each apartment there is always at least one bedroom where rice mats are laid on top of concrete, and there they sleep right on the floor, as before, because it is convenient for the Japanese. I'm comfortable too. Well, those beds. You can fall off them in your sleep!

In addition to the floor, a roof is also needed. amazing furry Japanese roofs are also made of straw. They have a lot of layers so that it leaks less. When all the straw is installed, a special roof hairdresser crawls along the roof with scissors and gives the house a fashionable hairstyle. Each region of Japan had its own traditions regarding the fashion for home hairstyles. In the most fashionable houses, the gardener planted flowers right on the roof. Straw quickly rots from the rains, compost is formed, grass and flowers grow well. Only we must sometimes not forget to climb onto the roof and pull out weeds from it. That is, weeds are, of course, a concern in the summer. Clearing the roof of snow is a concern in winter, otherwise the roof is in danger of failing. In the snowy regions of Japan, a window was still made on the roof - it worked as a winter exit, when the rest of the house was already littered with snow.

When the roof is broken or rotted - write wasted. A friend recently took off new apartment somewhere in Chiba, on the first floor. Because the second floor of the house is already so thin that it is scary to go there, let alone move. So the second floor is empty. And there, among the puddles, a family of tanuki (raccoon dogs) settled. A friend called 911, but the rescuers were afraid to go to the second floor. They said that they would then call the Ministry of Emergency Situations to clean out the tanuki. But the owner of the house forgave the payment for May, since such a tanuch business.

The best part of the house is the bath. The Japanese loved to bathe. Japanese bathroom- a large basin with water, and under it firewood. In the bath, you had to cook yourself, throwing firewood. Bathing in such a traditional bath is a dangerous occupation. A small wooden stool was placed at the bottom of the basin to sit on. After all, if a leg or butt jumps off a stool, then they will touch the bottom of the pelvis heated on an open fire: sometimes you wash yourself, and sometimes you burn yourself. But even such a bath used to be an expensive pleasure. Usually there was a bath in only one house per village, and the owner let all the inhabitants take a bath after his family. in the same water. And now in traditional menshuku hotels, where there is already running water and even sometimes hot water, the owner fills the bathtub with hot water once a day and covers it with a wooden lid so that the water cools down more slowly, then all the guests climb into this bath to wash in turn. The main thing is not to be the last.

Not only the bath, but also the kitchen, and the stove - everything has a completely different way of thinking. Even the rice pantry is an amazing structure on 8-meter piles with slippery steel ends. According to the idea, the mouse should slip and fall from a height on them. What a samurai trick!

This is the house that Tanaka-san built,
And this is rice hidden for the winter,
Hanging on high piles in the pantry,

And this is a fluffy gray mouse,
Which climbs on piles where is rice,
Which hangs in a closet high,
In the house that Tanaka-san built.
And this is slippery and sharp flooring,
Which the owner nailed on piles,
From which the gray mouse falls,
Which climbed into the pantry where the rice,
In the house that Tanaka-san built.