Makabe

Japanese: 真壁 - まかべ

The former town area in the southern part of Sakuragawa City, in the central-western part of Ibaraki Prefecture. It stretches from the western slope of the Tsukuba Mountains to the plateau to the west of that. It was incorporated as a town in 1889. In 1954 it merged with the villages of Shio, Tanigai, and Kabaho. In 2005 it merged with Iwase Town and Yamato Village to form Sakuragawa City. The Sakuragawa River flows through the center, with rice fields in the river basin. Makabe, the central settlement, was a castle town in the Middle Ages and is a thriving sake brewing town. Granite quarried from the mountains is exported as stone material and processed into stone lanterns, gravestones, etc. Shio ware, made from clay from the foot of the mountain, is also produced here. The ruins of Makabe Castle are a nationally designated historic site. Part of it belongs to Suigo-Tsukuba Quasi-National Park.

Makabe

A type of wall construction in architecture. An ancient Japanese construction method, in which the wall is fitted between pillars that serve as both structural and decorative materials. Therefore, the pillars are visible on the interior and exterior walls. The beautiful contrast between the white walls and pillars of Japanese architecture is due to the use of shinkabe construction. In traditional construction methods, it was standard to use earthen walls or plaster walls as a base for the komai, but dry construction methods using boards and other materials are now also seen. Also, since the material serves as both structural and decorative material, careful selection of materials is required, and in many cases it is economically expensive. (→Okabe)

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Japanese:

茨城県中西部，桜川市南部の旧町域。筑波山地の西斜面からその西方の台地にかけて広がる。 1889年町制。 1954年紫尾村，谷貝村，樺穂村の3村と合体。 2005年岩瀬町，大和村と合体して桜川市となった。中央を桜川が流れ，流域に水田が開ける。中心集落の真壁は中世の城下町で，酒造りが盛ん。山地から採掘される花崗岩は石材として移出されるほか，石灯籠，墓石などに加工される。山麓の陶土を利用した紫尾焼も産する。真壁城跡は国指定史跡。一部は水郷筑波国定公園に属する。

真壁
しんかべ

建築の壁のつくり方の一種。日本古来のつくり方で，構造材と化粧材を兼ねる柱と柱の間に壁が収まっているつくり方。したがって内外の壁面には柱が見える。日本建築の白壁と柱のコントラストの美しさは真壁造りのためである。伝統的構法では小舞下地として土壁，漆喰壁などに仕上げるのが標準的であったが，ボードなどを使う乾式構法も見られるようになった。また構造材と化粧材を兼ねるため材料の選択に留意する必要があり，経済的には割高になる例が多い。 (→大壁 ) 　

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