琉球建筑

琉球建筑是琉球群岛（日本鹿儿岛县奄美群岛和冲绳县）的传统建筑。

琉球建筑的历史可以追溯到公元前2000年，此时房屋主要是红土地上用石灰石建造的半地穴式住宅，到公元前1000年开始使用支柱和黑土烧制的瓦^[1]。石制品的广泛使用是琉球建筑的特点^[2]，主要由白色石灰石制成的开放式围墙围绕着房屋，入口被墙挡住以保护居住者免受邪灵侵害^[3]。典型的民居由四到五个房间和一个厨房组成，前面的两个房间用于招待客人^[4]。红瓦屋顶是琉球建筑的共同特征^[5]，由于台风的吹袭，瓦片很容易脱落，需要经常维修，但在大多数情况下居民更愿意放弃旧屋而建造新房^[6]。

参考文献

^ 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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