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書院造り (しょいんづくり) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Meanings 1
noun
shoin-zukuri ; traditional Japanese residential architecture style
Refers to a style of Japanese residential architecture that developed in the Muromachi period, characterized by features such as tatami mats, sliding doors, and an alcove (tokonoma). Often associated with samurai residences and temples.
この お 寺てら の 客きゃく 殿でん は 書しょ 院いん 造づく り の 典てん 型けい です 。
The guest hall of this temple is a typical example of shoin-zukuri.
Written forms 書しょ 院いん 造づく り
Standard kanji spelling for this architectural style.
書しょ 院いん 造づくり
Variant spelling without okurigana; less common but still encountered.
Kanji 院 Inst., institution, temple Similar words 数す 寄き 屋や 造づく り Sukiya-zukuri is a later, more rustic and tea-ceremony-influenced style, while shoin-zukuri is more formal and associated with samurai residences.
寝しん 殿でん 造づく り Shinden-zukuri is an earlier Heian-period aristocratic residential style, more open and symmetrical, contrasting with the enclosed, modular shoin-zukuri.
Etymology From 書院 (shoin, 'study' or 'drawing room') + 造り (tsukuri, 'construction' or 'style'). The term originates from the shoin, a study or reception room that became the core of this architectural style.
