Ganki - Ganki

…In the Aomori region, this is called komise. Not only town houses, but also the eaves under farmhouses in Niigata and Nagano prefectures are called ganki or gage, and serve as a buffer between the inside and outside during heavy snowfall. In the heavy snow areas of Niigata, these eaves were originally temporary and only installed in winter, but later they became fixed and many built verandas. …

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Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…青森地方ではこれをコミセという。町家ばかりでなく，新潟･長野県などでは農家の軒下の庇下のこともガンキ，ガゲなどと呼び，多雪時には内外の緩衝部分となった。新潟の豪雪地ではこの庇は古くは冬場だけに設けた仮設的なものであったが，のちに固定し，縁側をつくるものも多くなった。…

※「ガンキ」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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