京町家

Japanese
Kanji in this term
京 町 家
きょう
Grade: 2		 まち
Grade: 1		 や
Grade: 2
goon kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
京町屋
京町家: a traditional townhouse near Hōkyōji temple in Kyoto

Etymology

Compound of 京 (Kyō, “Kyōto”) +‎ 町家 (machiya, “townhouse”). Coined during the 1960s.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [kʲo̞ːma̠t͡ɕija̠]

Noun

京(きょう)町(まち)家(や) • (Kyōmachiya) 

  1. a traditional Japanese townhouse in Kyoto city

Usage notes

Used especially to refer to extant machiya built in Kyoto before the end of World War II.

See also

References
  1. Maruyama Toshiaki (2014) Kyōto no machiya to Juraku-dai [Kyoto’s townhouses and Juraku-dai] (in Japanese), Kyoto: Shohan
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