Drawing of a house in Japanese style. Japanese style houses. Tea house or Chashitsu

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It should be understood that the Japanese house of today and yesterday are in many ways different things. In our world, old traditions, materials, and technologies are being replaced everywhere by new ones; the Homeland of the Samurai is no exception. Architecture keeps up with the times and changes; in megacities this is more noticeable, in rural areas it is not so obvious.

🈚In urban housing you can find much more similarities with traditional design in the internal arrangement, which cannot be said about the appearance.

🈵Attention! Despite the fact that the Japanese style of house building was formed largely under the influence of Chinese architecture, it has a number of important features - simplicity, good lighting and an asymmetrical layout!

🈯Minimalism is the main component of Japanese life and interior.

How a traditional house works in Japan

The classic housing of Japanese commoners is called Minka. In such buildings lived artisans, fishermen, merchants, in other words, all those segments of the population that did not belong to the samurai and nobility.

Minka can be divided into several types:

matiya: where the townspeople lived;
noka: lived by peasants;
gyoka: fishermen's buildings;
gassho-zukuri: mink in remote mountainous areas with steep and massive thatched roofs, silkworm hut.

🈚Matiya roofing - tiles or tiles. The roof of Nok is straw or shingles.

🈯Although Minka, in the classical sense of the word, implies medieval buildings, these days this term is applied to any residential building in the Land of the Rising Sun.

Key Features

Element Minka	Material	Peculiarities
Basic materials	wood, bamboo, clay, grass, straw	Easily accessible and inexpensive materials.
Roof	straw, tiles	It rests on wooden beams and can be straight, pointed at the corners or raised.
Walls	clay, wood	Interior walls are usually omitted, and Fusuma or Shoji (movable screens) are used instead - Washi paper attached to a wooden frame. For this reason, Minka can safely be called open-plan housing.
Foundation	stone	This is the only purpose.
Floor	earthen or wooden, raised on stilts (50-70 cm)	Covered with tatami or musiro mats. Tatami is a more durable and beautiful option, made from special igusa bamboo and rice straw.
Furniture	tree	There is little furniture. Built-in wardrobes. You can highlight Kotatsu. This is a kind of small Japanese table. Consists of three elements: a support, a tabletop and a spacer between them in the form of a heavy blanket or futon mattress. Often under this table in the floor there was a heat source in the form of a fireplace. The most important things are stored in special Japanese chests on Tansu wheels; in case of fire, they can be easily saved by rolling them outside.
Windows and doors	wood and washi paper	All windows and doors, with the exception of the main entrance, are not stationary; their role is played by Fusuma or Shoji.
Decor	calligraphy, paintings, ikebana	Everything is very meager compared to European houses. Basically, one small niche (tokonama) is allocated to the decorative elements.

🈯There are practically no chimneys. This is explained by the floor raised by stilts and the high roof.

Increasingly, traditional Japanese houses are built from several floors, although previously only one level was used.

In general, the history of architecture developed according to the characteristics of climate, relief and other features. For example, high temperature and humidity influenced the fact that Japanese homes were made as open, ventilated and light as possible.
And the danger of earthquakes and tsunamis prompted the use of piles in design. They softened the shocks. They also tried to lighten the roof as much as possible so that if the house was destroyed, it could not cause critical physical damage to the owners.

Japanese style presupposes a reverent attitude towards purity and harmony. After all, the room was originally a project for a person living on the floor. And for such a philosophy, the absence of dirt and chaos is extremely important. It is not for nothing that such things as special slippers in front of the restroom and bathroom or exclusively white socks have become customary.

🈚To be fair, we note that maintaining cleanliness in Japanese square meters is easier than in our apartments. This is due to the minimal presence of furniture - the main place where dust accumulates.

The Japanese garden deserves special mention

Picture: Garden

Harmony with the surrounding world and nature is deeply rooted in the philosophy of this eastern people. And this could not but affect their daily life, including the design of their home.

The Japanese surrounded their houses with wonderful and characteristic gardens. Travelers were amazed by the beautiful and harmonious combination of natural components and man-made products: bridges, ponds, lanterns wrapped in transparent paper, figurines and much more.

But, perhaps, Sakura is the most common element in a Japanese garden. This is not just a plant, it is a real symbol of all eras, dynasties and empires.

🈚By removing everything Fusuma or Shoji, the Japanese turns the house into a kind of “gazebo” in his own garden, thereby satisfying the innate need to think about the meaning of life. This partly explains the absence of windows and doors that are classical in our understanding.

🈯By the way, many European and American landscape garden design specialists take the Japanese style of home area design as the basis for their projects

Device diagram

So, to summarize, the layout of a traditional Japanese home will consist of the following places:

external fence;
kindergarten;
tea house (usually among the nobility);
outbuildings (barn or storage place for tools and tools);
veranda (engawa);
main entrance (odo);
hallway Genkan;
kitchen;
toilet;
bathroom or Japanese bathhouse ofuro;
rooms (washitsu).

🈯The central part of the house may consist of several washitsu. If a large gathering of guests is planned, then all partitions are removed, creating one large hall!

🈵Important! The Japanese often measure rooms not by square meters, but by the number of tatami mats. A standard mat is 90 cm wide and twice as long.

In general, tatami is an important element of Japanese culture. Their number and arrangement can determine the character of the washitsu. For example, this could be a bedroom. In this case, a Japanese Futon mattress is placed on the mats and the result is a standard sleeping place for a resident of the area where Sumo wrestling originated.

Tea house or Chashitsu

Important and wealthy families had a tea house on their property. The first such structures appeared in the 15th century AD. From the name it follows that these places were intended for the tea ceremony and, in general, had the main properties and signs of culture - minimalism, asceticism, space and illumination.

🈯A pond or lake around is a classic of the genre!

At the same time, a number of features are observed:

A low entrance requiring the person to kneel. The main message of this idea is that, regardless of status, everyone must bend down to enter this “temple of tea drinking and spiritual pleasure.” The second point is that people with weapons were not allowed here; such a door prevented a samurai from entering Tyashitsa with weapons.
Opposite the entrance there was a place where certain attributes were concentrated. These were either traditional calligraphic designs and texts, which were the subject of discussion, or relaxing objects such as ikebanas or lavish incense sticks and incense burners.

🈚Japanese tea houses promote meditation and tranquility, or vice versa – they encourage philosophical conversations.

Picture: Tea house in Japan

Ryokan Hotels

These hotels can also be classified as traditional Japanese houses. For tourists and travelers, this is a kind of temple of traditional Japanese culture. Everything in the rooms is furnished in a manner consistent with the Mink hut.

Here you can plunge headlong into Japanese identity. Sleep on mattresses laid on tatami. Spend time in o-furo. See the traditional kimono attire that the staff wears. Using Japanese hashi chopsticks, taste the national cuisine, rich in seafood and vegetables.

Modern Japanese style house

As mentioned at the beginning, modern Japanese housing has changed greatly, especially on the outside, but the interior design of almost any person from the Land of the Rising Sun contains a touch of national traditions.

In the current realities, when the cost per square meter and interior elements is rising, the Japanese style with its minimalist approach to arrangement is becoming the most practical. And the free layout of their home provides people with the opportunity to realize their design fantasies and ideas.

Buildings in the city and rural areas should be considered separately.

City. The appearance of ancient and modern Japanese cities has changed dramatically. The wooden Matiyas were replaced by buildings erected using materials such as brick, concrete, iron, and bitumen.

In the central parts of the cities, business skyscrapers rise, where the foundation of a strong and stable economy is forged. World famous corporations are located here.

The majority of citizens live in apartments located in multi-storey buildings. As a rule, these are five to seven storey buildings. One-room apartments predominate. The area of the rooms does not exceed 10 square meters.

The layout of such housing is simply surprising with its rationalism when using such a limited area. Upon entering you will see this view:

Small narrow corridor.
On one side of the corridor there is a combined bathroom.
On the other side there is a built-in wardrobe and a kitchen.
Next is a small room.
Miniature balcony with drying stick.

Space saving is evident in everything. This includes a kitchen built into a closet, placing plants on the walls, and a miniature bathroom. Well, the tradition of sitting on the floor, and, consequently, the lack of chairs and armchairs.

Entrance to the apartment

Kitchen in the closet

But some Western influence can also be identified, for example, the presence of a European bed or console under the TV.

More affluent people buy so-called family apartments (60-90 m2) or private houses on the outskirts.

🈵In Japanese houses, central heating is practically not practiced; instead, gas, electric, infrared and even kerosene heaters are used.

Countryside. Homes outside the city are less susceptible to modern trends. Although many of them today are built on the model of Western society using know-how materials, it is still possible to draw an analogy with the traditional Minko.

Everyone decides for themselves to what extent their housing should correspond to classical Japanese culture and style.

Let us highlight several of the most common common features that are inherent in houses in the outback today:

Minimum amount of furniture. Ignoring chairs and armchairs.
Elevation of the floor half a meter above the ground.
Free layout provided by movable screens (Fusuma or Shoji).
High roof.

🈯The more prosperous the peasant, the more he uses the achievements of modern science. Poor people in the village still make a roof out of thatch, sleep on a futon, and warm themselves at a kotatsu.

Frame buildings

No matter what global trends in architecture occur, the Japanese build only frame houses. This technology is simply necessary for them to survive in an earthquake zone.

A frame house is incredibly resistant to earthquakes; it seems to absorb and dampen them. There are known frame buildings that have survived a large number of earthquakes over a thousand years and were practically undamaged.

This technology has some advantages! They are relatively easy to restore when destroyed. These structures are lightweight, and if they collapse, they are unlikely to cause severe fatal damage.

There are three types of frame houses:

Wooden. These are traditional Japanese Minka, tea houses, temples;
Reinforced concrete. Modern skyscrapers.
Unusual futuristic buildings. Frame technology allows you to build fancy structures of unusual shapes and their combinations.

Unusual frame structure

Dome houses are the most modern Japanese technologies in the field of architecture and construction

They have an unusual design in the shape of a hemisphere. It looks like alien earth settlements of the future.

The most unique thing is the material. Essentially, it's a home made of reinforced polystyrene foam! It endows these buildings with properties that are useful and necessary for the Japanese climate, such as strength and high thermal insulation. You can also avoid spending on the frame and foundation, which significantly reduces its cost.

In Europe, they are actively beginning to introduce this technology in the production of seasonal suburban housing.

At the end of the video on the topic:

Japan is the land of the rising sun. This amazing eastern land has always been distinguished by interesting customs and traditions. Japanese design is of great interest to fans of exotic things. Japanese private houses – the best purchase for people seeking peace and harmony. Housing made in this style is a real work of art.

Japanese houses are called differently, it all depends on the type of structure. The most common and widespread name is “minka”. A tall house is usually called a “biru”, and an apartment building is called a “mansyong”.

A traditional Japanese house is called a "minka", which means "house of people". Many years ago, Japanese society was divided into classes, and such housing belonged to ordinary peasants, artisans and merchants. Over time, this division of social layers disappeared, and the word “minka” began to be used to refer to any traditional Japanese houses.

The main feature of the Japanese house is the breadth of the range of styles and sizes. First of all, buildings are closely related to geographical and climatic conditions. Housing reflects the lifestyle of its inhabitants. In the summer, the country is quite hot, so houses are built so that they can be well blown by the wind.

Traditional Japanese house called "minka"

A Japanese house is somewhat reminiscent of an ordinary shed. This is a roof that rests on a frame made of wooden posts and rafters. The walls are replaced with sliding doors, so there are no windows or doors. Sliding panels in the house can be removed by adjusting the size and shape of the room.

External walls called “shoji” act as windows, which can also be moved apart and removed. They are covered with thin white rice paper.

Many who see the inside of a Japanese house for the first time are struck by the lack of furniture. There are no decorations anywhere, there is only a painting, under which there is a beautiful vase with fresh flowers.

Construction of a traditional Japanese house

A real Japanese house is designed for the warm season. The room is well ventilated, saving its residents from the humid heat. The downside is that it is quite cold in such a house in winter. There is no general heating; in a traditional home there is only local heating.

Japanese style interior design

The interior of a Japanese house is, first of all, a pleasant environment with light decorative elements. This style has the main requirement - nothing superfluous. The atmosphere of a Japanese house should give serenity and tranquility. The beauty of nature is at the forefront, which means that all items are made from natural materials.

The main attribute of this style is wooden sliding doors. They protect from sun and rain, and also create a pleasant matte glow in the room. In a Japanese home you can see partitions called “fusuma”, made of a thin frame and rice paper. They are used as a division of space. They can also be called screens, which are decorated with pictures. They can depict beautiful flowering trees, militant samurai or beautiful dancing geishas.

How to draw a house with a pencil step by step? In this article we will learn how to do this. It may seem that drawing a house is very difficult, but this is not at all the case.

We are drawing a house, not a house :) Therefore, we will draw from a side view without drawing three-dimensional figures. This will greatly simplify the drawing process; of course, if you feel strong enough, you can complete the three-dimensional elements of the house, that is, the second wall and draw the roof.

On paper we will depict the most ordinary village house, which can be found in almost every city in the world. So let's get started!

Step by step drawing example

We will draw with pencils, so stock up on a regular pencil, colored pencils, an eraser and a sharpener. And, of course, paper.

Stage 1
The house will consist of two parts (you can see the finished drawing), draw a rectangle and divide it into two parts. Please note that the rectangle should not be divided in the middle, but slightly offset to the left.

Stage 2
In the second step we outline the roof and doorway. We designate the doorway so wide for a reason. The doorway is so wide because it will have not one door, but two.

Stage 3
Now we use a pencil to detail the roof and insert windows into our house. Windows do not have to be square; very often buildings have rectangular windows.

However, the windows must be at the same height, otherwise your building will turn out very unrealistic. You can even use a ruler for precise markings. And if you have a diamond eye, then you don’t have to use a ruler :)

Also, you need to draw a decorative strip along the entire bottom of the building.

Stage 4
We outline the windows and door with another line, this will give a little voluminous effect, despite the fact that our goal is not to draw a voluminous house.

A chimney must be depicted on the roof, otherwise where will Santa bring gifts for Christmas?

Stage 5
The fifth step is a very important step because it is time to detail the entire building. We insert the doors and draw a staircase under them. We insert glass into the windows, and also detail the roof and the lower, decorative strip of the building.

Master class on drawing "Land of the Rising Sun"

Dumler Tatyana Petrovna, art teacher at MAOU gymnasium No. 56 in Tomsk
Purpose: This work is intended for 4th grade students according to the B.M. program. Nemensky, for teachers, parents and all interested people.
Target: Form an initial understanding of Japanese culture.
Tasks:
- reveal the image of Japanese artistic culture,
- develop artistic taste, individual creative abilities,
- cultivate a respectful attitude towards the traditions and culture of the peoples of the world.
Materials:
To complete the first part of the work you will need: drawing paper, gouache, watercolor, painting brushes of different sizes (No. 1, No. 5), a glass of water.

In the 4th grade, during fine arts lessons, children get acquainted with the culture of different countries, master different drawing and artistic techniques. In this lesson, children are immersed in the topic.
We begin work by preparing the background. Use watercolor paints to paint the sheet with “rainbow” stripes.

While the sheet dries, the guys watch the presentation. Viewing a slide presentation introduces students to the geographical location of this country, the features of the landscape: majestic mountains, stone gardens with “humpbacked” bridges, ponds, charming flowering trees, bizarre architectural structures of vulgar centuries.
For further work, we select the most memorable images. Sakura is a blossoming cherry (plum) tree. We begin to draw branches in brown gouache, curved, ornate, with a characteristic thinning at the top. (Children are familiar with this technique; we practice pressing the brush at the beginning of the line, easing the pressure and raising the brush to the tip at the end of the line.)

To make the colors of the tree, we use white paint, mix white and a drop of red in the lid to obtain a pale pink tint. We paint flowers with a brush using the poking technique.

The pagoda is a multi-tiered structure used as a temple (Buddhist relics were kept inside). We draw the pagoda with ocher, rectangles of different sizes, lined up with a ladder. We place the building in the upper half of the sheet horizontally.

Next, we draw a roof with curved surfaces and raised corners that protrude beyond the building and reliably protect it from bad weather. With a thin brush and brown paint, the guys draw the outline of the roof and then paint it.

You will have to spend a little more time drawing the window and doorways of the pagoda.

On the second half of the sheet (horizontally) we draw one of the most beautiful aquatic plants - LOTUS. The lotus is born in muddy swamp water, but emerges clean. Lotus is a Buddhist symbol of purity.
We paint the lotus petals with a wide brush of pale pink color. The first petal is straight, then we add petals on the sides, connecting at the bottom into one point.

Having completed the symmetrical drawing of pink petals, we begin to draw white petals on top of the previous ones in the gaps.

The children complete the drawing of aquatic plants at their own discretion. Some people draw lotus leaves, some reeds, some simply decorate with patterns.

In the next lesson, students continue their acquaintance with Japanese culture. They have to make a round Japanese fan from their drawing. For this work they will need: scissors, glue, tape, 60 cm tape for packaging, 2 strips of cardboard 1 cm by 10 cm.

To begin, I suggest the children fold their drawing in half and cut along the fold line.

Then the two halves are glued together into one long strip. Glue a ribbon to the top edge of the picture (it can be any color).

The next stage of work is a little difficult for the guys; you need to fold the entire drawing into an even accordion.

We assemble the bottom edge of the accordion, fix it with our fingers, and secure it with tape.

Glue strips of cardboard to the outer edges of the fan.

Unfold, connect, the FAN is ready!

First of all, we draw the main lines. Most of them are straight, not enough are curved. Draw the contours of the base.

Now let’s add more detail to the drawing, lengthening the roof and bases.

Now you need to draw racks on the sides of the house and in the central corridor. Next, all that remains is to erase the unnecessary lines and simply decorate the drawing. We'll get something like this:

Japanese houses are very interesting in design, varied and unlike other houses.

But like other houses, they are characterized by clear lines in a pencil drawing. Their roofs have a peculiar shape - they have rounded ends.

For drawing you can use the following diagrams and samples:

You can draw these kind of unique houses.

The exclusivity of Japanese houses is in the roofs and windows. The roofs on the corners are raised up, and if it is multi-story, then each level on the corner looks up.

There are about 9 options for Japanese houses

Yes, pay attention to the windows, there are quite a lot of them, sometimes they take up the entire wall.

First, you should look at some photographs of Japanese houses on the Internet in order to get a little feel for their culture, architectural features, and unusual design. Also, most often near your home you can find sakura, which is also revered in Japan.

Architectural structures in Japan are quite unique and interesting. Let's look at how you can draw Japanese houses.

1) Here is the first option, in my opinion an excellent view that will convey the atmosphere of the country:

2) Here’s another good option; using this sketch to draw a Japanese house is not at all difficult:

3) And one more option:

Each country has its own culture and traditions. The associations that arise with Japanese housing are a house with a curved roof, which is a symbol of a samurai. The roof is directed towards the sun.

However, there are even more unusual houses in Japan.

For example, a Japanese colorful house.

Japanese mountain house.

Japanese forest house

And they can even build houses on trees.

Therefore, we choose the type of building we like or a traditional house and first draw the building itself along straight lines, and then add elements to it.

Don't forget that the Japanese love to decorate their homes with hieroglyphs, drawings of dragons, etc.

Take a sheet of paper. We designate the horizon line.

We roughly sketch out the frame of the house (it would be nice to have a couple of photographs of Japanese houses on hand)))

The Japanese house looks good in the landscape, let’s add something similar schematically.

Let's work on the details a little.

It's time to solve color issues. First, using large strokes, we create a color scheme.

To draw a beautiful Japanese house, first of all you need to have a sample image on hand. When I was lucky enough to visit Japan, I learned that the houses there are also different, both light, graceful buildings and massive stone giants. There are also small houses made of bamboo and larger ones made of stone.

The roof of a Japanese house is a symbol of the head and helmet of the samurai, and the house itself must be decorated with hieroglyphs, sun symbols or dragons.

To make the drawing more authentic, you can draw a landscape of Japanese nature. These are high mountains with snowy peaks, Japanese cherry sakura, decoratively trimmed trees, rivers, a huge red rising sun.

Japanese houses are very beautiful and unusual for Europeans. They look very impressive and slightly warlike. Most often they have one floor and slightly rounded edges on the roof. You can depict them like this:

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