noun
house divination; study of house-based fortune-telling
A traditional practice of evaluating a house's layout, orientation, and form to determine its auspiciousness or inauspiciousness, often based on Chinese-derived geomancy principles. Related to 家相.
See also: 家相
家相学では、玄関の位置が運気に大きく影響すると言われている。
In house divination, the position of the entrance is said to greatly affect one's fortune.
彼は家相学を学んで、新居の間取りを決めた。
He studied house divination and decided the layout of his new home.
風水 is a broader Chinese geomancy system applied to various spaces, whereas 家相学 specifically focuses on houses in a Japanese context.
Compound of 家相 (house fortune/auspiciousness) and 学 (study, -ology). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but it likely emerged as a term for the systematic study of house-based divination influenced by Chinese geomancy.