Engawa

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title: Engawa
text: engawa An engawa (縁側/掾側) or en (縁) is an edging strip of non-tatami-matted flooring in Japanese architecture, usually wood or bamboo. The en may run around the rooms, on the outside of the building, in which case they resemble a porch or sunroom. Usually, the en is outside the translucent paper shōji, but inside the amado (雨戸) storm shutters. However, some en run outside the amado. En that cannot be enclosed by amado, or sufficiently sheltered by eaves, must be finished to withstand the Japanese
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description: Edging strip in Japanese architecture
original url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engawa
date created: 2005-09-14T08:16:18Z
date modified: 2024-08-29T21:18:06Z
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