琉球建築

琉球建築是琉球群島（日本鹿兒島縣奄美群島和沖繩縣）的傳統建築。

琉球建築的歷史可以追溯到公元前2000年，此時房屋主要是紅土地上用石灰石建造的半地穴式住宅，到公元前1000年開始使用支柱和黑土燒製的瓦^[1]。石製品的廣泛使用是琉球建築的特點^[2]，主要由白色石灰石製成的開放式圍墻圍繞著房屋，入口被牆擋住以保護居住者免受邪靈侵害^[3]。典型的民居由四到五個房間和一個廚房組成，前面的兩個房間用於招待客人^[4]。紅瓦屋頂是琉球建築的共同特徵^[5]，由於颱風的吹襲，瓦片很容易脫落，需要經常維修，但在大多數情況下居民更願意放棄舊屋而建造新房^[6]。

參考文獻

^ Okinawa: Architecture of History and Tradition - Journeys in Japan. Japan Documentaries. [March 31, 2019]. （原始内容存档于March 14, 2019）.
^ Baker, Rodger. 1945: Asia's Powers Converge at Okinawa. （原始内容存档于2022-08-29）.
^ Boyd, Dixon. Okinawa as Transported Landscape: Understanding Japanese Archaeological Remains on Tinian Using Ryūkyū Ethnohistory and Ethnography..
^ Iitaka, Shingo. Remembering Nan'yō from Okinawa: Deconstructing the Former Empire of Japan through Memorial Practices..
^ Matthew, Allen. The shaman hunts and the postwar revival and reinvention of Okinawan shamanism. Japan Forum. 2017, 29 (2): 218–235. S2CID 148328263. doi:10.1080/09555803.2016.1189447. （原始内容存档于2019-06-05）.
^ Kiyoko, Hagihara; Chisato, Asahi. Coping with regional vulnerability. （原始内容存档于2019-05-12）.

[1] Okinawa: Architecture of History and Tradition - Journeys in Japan. Japan Documentaries. [March 31, 2019]. （原始内容存档于March 14, 2019）.

[2] Baker, Rodger. 1945: Asia's Powers Converge at Okinawa. （原始内容存档于2022-08-29）.

[3] Boyd, Dixon. Okinawa as Transported Landscape: Understanding Japanese Archaeological Remains on Tinian Using Ryūkyū Ethnohistory and Ethnography..

[4] Iitaka, Shingo. Remembering Nan'yō from Okinawa: Deconstructing the Former Empire of Japan through Memorial Practices..

[5] Matthew, Allen. The shaman hunts and the postwar revival and reinvention of Okinawan shamanism. Japan Forum. 2017, 29 (2): 218–235. S2CID 148328263. doi:10.1080/09555803.2016.1189447. （原始内容存档于2019-06-05）.

[6] Kiyoko, Hagihara; Chisato, Asahi. Coping with regional vulnerability. （原始内容存档于2019-05-12）.

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