| For example, samurai and farmers in the nanushi (village headman) class were permitted to provide tokonoma (alcove in a traditional Japanese room where art or flowers are displayed), but the common people were generally prohibited from providing tokonoma and tiled roofs, because they were too extravagant for the common people. |
例えば武士や名主クラスの農家では、床の間などを造ることが許されたが、庶民が床の間を造ることや瓦葺屋根にすることなどは贅沢だとして禁止されることが一般的だった。 |