Taya (Taya)

Japanese: 田屋(他屋) - たや

The term "taya" refers to buildings that have a variety of meanings. They can be huts built for farmers to watch over their fields, huts built for them to live in while they are away from their fields in mountainous areas, or huts built for birth, huts for women to stay in during their menstrual period, or huts for mourning. They can also refer to buildings built separately from the main house. Furthermore, when a land is dispersed, the facilities that the lord built to manage these were also called "taya," and are also used as place names.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

〈たや〉とよばれる建物は多屋とも書かれ，その内容はさまざまである。農民が田畑の番をするための小屋，山間地など遠距離にある田畑への出作り期間中の居住用に建てた小屋，また出産の際の産小屋，月経期間中の女性が忌み籠る小屋，喪に服するための忌小屋など，主屋と離れた別棟で，とくに建てられた小屋のこともいう。さらに所領が分散している場合，領主がこれらを管理するために置く施設も〈たや〉といい，地名にもなっている。

出典　株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典第２版について　情報

<<: Dayak people - Dayak (English spelling)

>>: Tamonyama Castle