The Textbook of Architecture

Glossary · E

Engawa

The narrow wooden veranda along the outside of a Japanese house, between the rooms and the garden, under the eaves.

See also: Shoji

Where it appears in the book

In the chapters China, Japan and Korea.

A feature of Japanese architecture.

Nearby in the glossary

Echinus · Egg-and-dart · Emplekton · Enfilade · English bond · Entablature · Entasis · Equilateral arch