hirairi-zukuri　平入造

KEY WORD :　architecture / general terms

Also called *hirairi 平入. A style of building that has the main entrance or entrances on the front side of the building running parallel to the ridge *munagi 棟木. Most temples and a fair number of shrine buildings have this arrangement. Examples: Kano mioya Jinja Higashihonden, Nishihonden 賀茂御祖神社東本殿・西本殿, Kyoto ; Toushoudaiji *Kondou 唐招提寺金堂 (1285), in Nara.

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