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Gekkamon@ŒŽ‰Ψ–ε
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Also written ŒŽ‰Ί–ε.

1@A gate in the corridor connecting the two halls Kyoushoden Z‘“a and Anpukuden ˆΐ•Ÿ“a in the Imperial Palace at Heiankyou •½ˆΐ‹ž.

2@A gate following the same tradition as in one above, located in the west side of the roofed semi-enclosed corridor that surrounds the Shishinden Ž‡›‚“a of the emperor's palace of Kyoto Gosho ‹ž“sŒδŠ. It has a tiled, gabled roof and is painted with red lead pigment. It faces a matching gate called *Nikkamon “ϊ‰Ψ–ε on the east side. The same format was used for Imperial Palace gates in the medieval and early-modern periods. Both the Gekkamon and Nikkamon open inwards towards the palace buildings.

3@A courtyard gate@at the temple of Tofukuji “Œ•ŸŽ›, Kyoto. Said to have been donated by Emperor Kameyama ‹TŽR (1259-74), this is a four-pillar gate *shikyakumon Žl‹r–ε with a gabled cypress-bark roof.
Kyoto Gosho Gekkamon ‹ž“sŒδŠŒŽ‰Ψ–ε (Kyoto)
2)@Kyoto Gosho Gekkamon ‹ž“sŒδŠŒŽ‰Ψ–ε (Kyoto)
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