Andonmuro

Japanese: 行灯窖 - あんどんむろ
Andonmuro

...19th century greenhouses were at the forefront of architectural technology, making full use of the new materials of the time, cast iron and glass, and were used in exposition venues (such as the Crystal Palace), train station roofs, the glass ceilings of department stores, and glass-covered arcades. The origin of greenhouses in Japan can be traced back to the andon-muro (a brazier placed in an oil-paper-covered pit) used in the late Edo period to promote the flowering of ornamental plants (there are remains of this type in the Koishikawa Botanical Garden attached to the University of Tokyo). The earliest example of a modern greenhouse is said to be one built in 1870 (Meiji 3) in the gardens of the Hokkaido Development Agency's headquarters in Aoyama, Tokyo. ...

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Andon Cave" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…19世紀の温室は当時の新材料である鋳鉄とガラスを全面的に使用する建築技術の先端を示したので,博覧会会場(クリスタル・パレスなど),駅舎覆屋,百貨店の吹抜けのガラス天井,ガラス張りのアーケードなどに応用された。 日本における温室の起源は,江戸時代後期の観賞用植物の開花促進のための行灯窖(あんどんむろ)(油紙張りの窖に火鉢を置く)に求められる(東京大学付属小石川植物園内にこの種の遺構がある)。近代的温室は1870年(明治3)に東京の青山の開拓使本庁の園内に設けられたものが早い例とされる。…

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