Exedra (English spelling)

Japanese: エクセドラ（英語表記）exedra

An architectural term. Originally meaning a seat attached to the side. In ancient times, it referred to a semicircular protruding part at the end of a basilica, which was used as a common room in a residence, a courtyard of a Hellenistic temple, or a public building, and the name was derived from the fact that benches were placed there. The latter is said to be the prototype of the apse of medieval Christian basilica. From the late Renaissance to the Mannerism period, it was also placed at the end of a garden.

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Japanese:

建築用語。本来は脇につけられた座席の意。古代では住居の談話室，ヘレニズム神殿の中庭や公共建築として用いられたバシリカの端部に半円形に突き出した部分をさし，そこに腰掛が配されたことからこの名称が生れた。後者は中世キリスト教聖堂のアプスの原形とされる。ルネサンス後期からマニエリスム期にかけては，庭園の末端にも配された。

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