engawa　縁側
CATEGORY:　architecture / general terms
　
Also wirtten 掾側. The area beside or surrounding the straw matted *tatami 畳, floor of a room or veranda in Japanese dwellings. Formerly, en and engawa were interchangeable terms, but engawa now usually refers to a veranda that is either partly inside the building with sliding doors protecting it from rain, or a completely exposed veranda.
There are types: a) *nure-en 濡れ縁, no rain doors so the it is exposed to the elements;　b) kure-en 榑縁, the veranda boards have there long sides exposed;　c) kirime-en 切目縁, have the cross cut ends exposed;　d) takesunoko-en 竹簀の子縁, is a type of veranda that has a bamboo slatted floor.
　
　　　
kure-en 榑縁：
Hontokuji 本徳寺 (Hyougo)		 kirime-en 切目縁：
Nagatomi 永富 house (Hyougo)		 takesunoko-en 竹簀の子縁：
Hontokuji 本徳寺 (Hyougo)

　
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