1 Also
called *udegimon
腕木門. A gate that has transverse members *udegi
腕木, that go through or are inserted into the posts that extend far enough
beyond the horizontal axis to carry the eave purlins *dashigeta
出桁. The simplest kidomon have only udegi, but larger more
impressive types have brackets *hijiki
肘木, positioned beneath the udegi. Below the brackets is a heavy lintel
*kabuki 冠木, that runs
horizontally between the posts and forms the upper frame for the wooden
gate doors. To secure the gate against severe weather or earthquakes, the
pillars are strengthened by short secondary posts, set a short interval
behind the main pillars. These posts *hikaebashira
控柱, are connected to the pillars by diagonal braces *hinuki 飛貫 and
by lower horizontal ties, ashimoto hikaenuki 足元控貫. The doors are
wooden or latticed and below them is the ground sill *jifuku
地覆. If bamboo is used on the door this is referred to as the *shiorido
枝折戸 style, shiorido-zukuri 枝折戸造.
2 A type of gate found in front of the finest vernacular houses
*minka 民家, thought out
Japan. It provided access from the main courtyard to the small walled garden,
often called a senzai 前栽, in front of a formal reception room *zashiki
座敷 in the shoin style *shoin
書院. The typical form of a kidomon was a gate of two leaves suspended
between two posts, oyabashira 親柱 which often had projecting brackets,
udegi, to support a small roof.
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