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Minka, My Farmhouse in Japan

Minka, My Farmhouse in Japan

by John Roderick

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 2007
  • HARD COVER
  • 256 PAGES

In the 1960s, before everyone was restoring a Tuscan villa or a Spanish hacienda, John Roderick had his minka, a 250-year-old thatched and pegged farmhouse outside of Tokyo. This illustrated account focuses on architecture and traditions.  (JPN268, $24.95)

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