ドリア式

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
しき
Grade: 3
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

ドリア(しき) (Doria-shiki

  1. (architecture) Alternative form of ドーリア式 (Doric order)
    • 1926, Bunzaburō Matsumoto, Tōyō bunka no kenkyū , page 211:
      (もと)は、(げん)ドリア(しき)(はしら)(ほと)んど(まった)(これ)(もち)いず、()らに()(こう)なる(はしら)(もっ)てした。
      Moto wa, gen Doria-shiki no hashira wa hotondo mattaku kore o mochiizu, sarani kikō naru hashira o motteshita.
      Originally, most did not use typical Doric order pillars, but pillars of a more intricate style.
    • 1976, Teiji Kitagawa, Ashinaga oji-san, translation of Daddy-Long-Legs by Jean Webster, page 35:
      (しょう)(めん)にはドリア(しき)(はしら)(イオニア(しき)かもしれません — どうもそれがごっちゃになってしまうので)
      Shōmen ni wa Doria-shiki no hashira (Ionia-shiki kamoshiremasen — dō mo sore ga gotcha ni natte shimau no de)
      The facade featured Doric order pillars (or maybe they were Ionian—I can never tell the difference)