1�@A
sleeping space used by the master and mistress of the house, enclosed with
solid plaster walls, usually on three sides in the shinden style
residences *shinden-zukuri
�Q�a�� of the Heian period aristocracy. The room was also used as
a dressing room and a storage place for clothes and valuables. The entrance
took the form of double-leafed swing doors framed in timber, called *tsumado
�Ȍ�, and in certain examples it occupied a part of the core area *moya
�ꉮ, of the main building, shinden �Q�a. It was 2 by 2 bays. In shinden
style buildings one bay was about 3m. A much smaller nurigome, 1
x 1 bay or 1 x 2 bays, also came to be constructed in the northern peripheral
area *hisashi ��.
By the late Heian period, it appears that the core-area nurigome
was losing its function as sleeping room and served as a storeroom only.
By the end of the Heian and early Kamakura periods, the nurigome
had ceased to be constructed in the core area. The nurigome in the
northern part of the building survived, however, in some cases as a storeroom
but in others as a sleeping space. It retained its enclosed character, but
the entrance changed from a timber-framed swing door to a sliding door
*katabikido �Ј���,
or a pair of sliding doors, often with low lintels *kamoi
����, and a high threshold *shikii
�~��. This arrangement is referred to as *choudaigamae
����\��. See *choudai
����, *nando �[��.
2�@In vernacular houses *minka
���� of the ancient and medieval periods, a term for a small enclosed room
used for sleeping or storage. According to documents dated 1499, a nurigome
in the house of Aozamurai Minamoto Hikaru ������ was used for the storage
of linen cloth. It had a ceiling, walls on three sides and an entrance on
the fourth side which had a low sliding door, lockable using a drop bolt,
otoshisaru ������. It is believed there was a raised threshold. This
kind of room was usually 1 x 1 bay, though some examples might have been
1 x 2 bays. See *choudai
����, *nando �[��.
3�@An abbreviation for *nurigome-zukuri
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