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…Generally, a peasant's house had a main house and a barn inside the enclosure, and often had a stable for cattle and horses attached to one of them. The main house was built toward the rear of the enclosure, and the open space on the south side of the main house was used as a work area and drying area, and was called "kado" or "kadoniwa." Some peasant houses in flat rural areas had a garden extending from the north to the northwest, where bamboo, miscellaneous trees, pine, cedar, etc. were planted for the purposes of wind protection, heat protection, fire protection, and for gathering fuel and lumber, and these were called "igune" (Tohoku), "kune" (Kanto), "tsuijimatsu" (Izumo), etc. in various regions. …

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

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…一般に百姓の屋敷は，屋敷囲いの内部に母屋と納屋（なや）を備え，そのいずれかに牛馬の厩舎を付設しているものが多い。母屋は屋敷囲いの中央より後方に建てられ，母屋の南面の空地は作業場，乾燥場として利用され，それを〈かど〉〈かどにわ〉などと呼んだ。平坦地農村の百姓の屋敷には，その北側から西北にかけて屋敷林を備えるものがあり，防風，防暑，防火，燃料･用材の採取などを目的にして竹，雑木，松，杉などを植え，これを〈いぐね〉(東北)，〈くね〉(関東)，〈築地松（ついじまつ）〉(出雲)などと各地各様に呼びならわした。…

※「かどにわ」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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