裏うら店だな

noun

rear tenement; alley house

Historical term for a small tenement house located behind street-facing shops, common in Edo-period urban areas. Often contrasted with 表店 (おもてだな).

See also: 表店

• 江え戸ど時じ代だい、裏うら店だなには職しょく人にんや商しょう人にんが住すんでいた。

  In the Edo period, craftsmen and merchants lived in rear tenements.

• 表おもて店だなと裏うら店だなでは家や賃ちんが大おおきく違ちがった。

  Rent differed greatly between street-facing shops and rear tenements.