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Shinden-zukuri (寝殿造) refers to an architectural style created in the Heian period (794－1185) in Japan and used mainly for palaces and residences of nobles

Japanese climate and aesthetic sense flourished. The shinden-zukuri style, which was the architectural style of the residences of nobles in this period,

An architectural style is characterised by the features that make a building or other structure notable and historically identifiable. A style may include

styles of architecture, which are shinden, samurai and zen, specifically on each floor. Each floor of the Kinkaku uses a different architectural style. The

tokonoma: the first is that it derives from the room structure of the shinden-zukuri, which flourished in the Heian period (794–1185) and declined in

"hashira 柱". www.aisf.or.jp. JAANUS. "Shinden-zukuri　寝殿造". JAANUS -- the on-line Dictionary of Japanese Architectural and Art Historical Terminology. Formal

had two sub-domains: Iwasaki (20,000 koku) and the short-lived Kubota-shinden (10,000 koku). Two of the clan elder (karō) families serving the Kubota

In Shinto shrine architecture, the honden (本殿, main hall), also called shinden (神殿), or sometimes shōden (昇殿) as in Ise Shrine's case, is the most sacred

JAANUS - Japanese Architecture and Art Net User System. Retrieved 2009-11-08. Heiden, JAANUS, accessed on November 17, 2009 Shinden, Encyclopædia Britannica

Heian period, when the shinden-zukuri architectural style of aristocratic residences was consummated, the flooring of shinden-zukuri palatial rooms was