塗ぬり籠ごめ

noun

plaster-walled interior room in Heian palace architecture

A small, windowless room with thick plaster walls, used in shinden-zukuri style residences for sleeping or storage. Historical term; encountered mainly in descriptions of Heian-period architecture.

See also: 寝殿造り

• 寝しん殿でん造づくりでは、塗ぬり籠ごめは寝しん室しつや納なん戸どとして使つかわれた。

  In shinden-zukuri architecture, the nurigome was used as a bedroom or storeroom.

• 塗ぬり籠ごめの壁かべは厚あつく塗ぬり固かためられ、窓まどがほとんどない。

  The walls of a nurigome are thickly plastered and have almost no windows.