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::''For the monarch, see [[Emperor Takakura]]''
*''Japanese'': 高倉 ''(takakura)''
A ''takakura'' (lit. "tall/high storehouse") is a style of elevated storehouse, common throughout the Japanese archipelago in prehistoric and early historic times, and used in the [[Ryukyu Islands|Ryûkyû Islands]] into the 20th century. Similar structures are seen in Indonesia, and elsewhere throughout the Southeast and East Asian region.
A Ryukyuan or [[Amami Islands]] storehouse is typically comprised of a single storage space with an extensive thatched roof, elevated off the ground on a series of wooden pillars. The elevation protects the crops contained within from humidity and from vermin. An example at the [[Okinawa Prefectural Museum]], dating to the Shôwa period (1926-1989) and originally built on [[Okinoerabu Island]], is 6.45 meters in total height, elevated on six pillars separated by 3.16 meters in one direction, and 2.35 meters in the other direction, covering a total of 7.4 square meters.
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==References==
*Plaques on-site at [[Edo-Tokyo Open Air Architectural Museum]] and [[Okinawa Prefectural Museum]].
[[Category:Art and Architecture]]
[[Category:Ryukyu]]
*''Japanese'': 高倉 ''(takakura)''
A ''takakura'' (lit. "tall/high storehouse") is a style of elevated storehouse, common throughout the Japanese archipelago in prehistoric and early historic times, and used in the [[Ryukyu Islands|Ryûkyû Islands]] into the 20th century. Similar structures are seen in Indonesia, and elsewhere throughout the Southeast and East Asian region.
A Ryukyuan or [[Amami Islands]] storehouse is typically comprised of a single storage space with an extensive thatched roof, elevated off the ground on a series of wooden pillars. The elevation protects the crops contained within from humidity and from vermin. An example at the [[Okinawa Prefectural Museum]], dating to the Shôwa period (1926-1989) and originally built on [[Okinoerabu Island]], is 6.45 meters in total height, elevated on six pillars separated by 3.16 meters in one direction, and 2.35 meters in the other direction, covering a total of 7.4 square meters.
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==References==
*Plaques on-site at [[Edo-Tokyo Open Air Architectural Museum]] and [[Okinawa Prefectural Museum]].
[[Category:Art and Architecture]]
[[Category:Ryukyu]]