or ''azekura'' is a Japanese

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of simple wooden construction, used for storehouses (''

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''), granaries, and other utilitarian structures. This style probably dates to the early centuries of the

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, such as during the

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s. It is characterized by joined-log structures of triangular cross-section, and commonly built of cypress timbers.

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