Honkatata/本堅田 128

本堅田1丁目の中島七良兵衛宅。堅田で一番おいしいといわれる鮒寿司屋さんです。
むしこ窓（※）と呼ばれる独特の窓が特徴です。2階の右側の窓がそれに当たります。
改装が終わったところを撮影させていただきました。

※むしこ窓とは、通りに面した2階に設けられた、漆喰塗りの格子窓をいいます。
防火・防犯のための窓で、京都を中心に関西の町屋によく見られます。

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This is Mr. Nakajima's house in Honkatata 1 chome. It is the Funazushi (※) shop said to be the most delicious in Katata.
The peculiar window called Mushiko-mado window (※) is the feature.The window on the right-hand side of the second floor corresponds to it.
I photoed this house that modification finished.

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※"Funazushi (鮒寿司) is a dish in Japanese cooking, which involves anaerobic lacto-fermentation of fresh water fish,
funa (鮒, crucian carp). The dish is famous as a regional dish from Shiga Prefecture, It is considered to be a chinmi,
a delicacy in Japanese cooking."（source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sushi#Narezushi_.28old_style_fermented_sushi.29)
※Mushiko-mado window means the latticed window of the mortar coating prepared in the second floor that faced the passage.
It is a window for fire prevention and crime prevention, and is often seen to Machiya in Kansai centering on Kyoto.

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堅田（滋賀県大津市）の写真　本堅田　「鮒寿司屋・中島七良兵衛宅」　2008.11.06　10：16
photograph of Katata,Otsu,Shiga,Japan  Honkatata  "Funazushi shop ,Mr.Nakajima's house"  2008.11.06　10：16