shelfwork

Noun

countable uncountable

Japanese Meaning

（建築）埋め込み式の棚、または複数の棚の集合体 / （分類体系）物を棚にどのように配置するかを決定するための分類システム

What is this buttons?

The old library's shelfwork, set into the alcoves, lent the room a warm, lived-in feel.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

その古い図書館の造り付けの棚はアルコーブに設けられており、部屋に温かく生活感のある雰囲気を醸し出していた。

Details

Sense（1）

(architecture) A built-in shelf or set of shelves.

There are various kinds of shelfwork in Japanese architecture and the tsuridana, suspended shelf, is the form most commonly seen in tea architecture and is generally suspended at the front part of the mat where the host prepares tea in order that it may be used to set utensils on.

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Details

Sense（2）

A system of classification, especially one that determines how something can be organized on shelves.

The outward form of such system, is a grand classification of all things; whose details consist in the realization that simple, yet nevertheless wonderful shelfwork (or categories), innately but undevelopedly inherent in the human mind, whereby ALL MEN of normal parts, are enabled, by a proper course of culture, to become knowing, wise, and useful for themselves and others.

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