Abstract
The object of this paper is to make clear the locality of the rural landscape in Okinawa, by investigating the character on the arrangement of folk houses. I realize that the arrangement of houses means the mutual relationship of location between main house and annexes, and consider both the actual conditions on mutual relationship of location and factors on them. Main results in this paper are as follows; (1) Annexes are arranged in principle to the lower part of the main house, in spite of both direction of main house and position of main room in it, except the few special annexes fixed to the upper part long since. (2) Exterior space around the main house is ensured superiorly both in the upper part on upper and lower direction, and in the front part on front and rear direction. But, even if the frontage or length of site increasing, the width of the space in the upper part is limited to more or less 5 meter. On the other hand, the depth in the front part is fixed to the certain dimension. It is different by each village. (3) Accordingly, annexes are arranged much to the side of main house in case of holizontally proportioned site, and to the rear side in case of vertically proportioned one. (4) In case of main house made from reinforced concrete, both water-closet and bathroom among annexes are arranged outside less than made from wood. They are located more inside house, so number of annexes in made from reinforced concrete is less than in made from wood. (5) The location in every kind of annex is fixed in almost the certain place each other, except in case of distributing by draining condition on bathroom. (6) The rural landscepe is influenced by the state of distribution on the direction of main house, position of main room, proportion of site, and structure of main house. Among them, the former two are the major factors influencing the rural landscape.
