misedana　見世棚

KEY WORD :　architecture / folk dwellings

Also written 店棚. 1　A small-scale shop in the mediaeval period. Known from the late Heian period as mise 見世 or *tana 棚, the term misedana seems to have come into widespread use in the late Kamakura period. In the Muromachi period it appears to have been abbreviated to *mise 店. 2　A counter or shelf upon which goods may be displayed.

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