合がっ掌しょう造づくり

noun

gassho-zukuri; steep thatched-roof style

A traditional Japanese architectural style characterized by steeply pitched thatched roofs resembling hands in prayer (合掌). Most famously seen in the historic villages of Shirakawa-go and Gokayama.

• 白しら川かわ郷ごうには合がっ掌しょう造づくりの家いえがたくさん残のこっている。

  Many gassho-zukuri houses remain in Shirakawa-go.

• 合がっ掌しょう造づくりの屋や根ねは雪ゆきが滑すべり落おちやすいように急きゅう勾こう配ばいになっている。

  The roofs of gassho-zukuri are steeply pitched so that snow slides off easily.