ooma 大間
KEY WORD : architecture / general terms
 
1 A gate mon 門, with multiple pillars with large intervals between them.
One example is Nanzenji Sanmon 南禅寺三門 (1628), a very large two storied gate in Kyoto. It has five bays, with the three center bays open for passage.

2 Also *hiroma 広間, a large room used by noblemen and shogun in medieval ages.

3 Kyouma 京間, *tatami 畳 in Kyoto, Nara, Osaka and Setouchi 瀬戸内 areas. See *ken 間.
 
 

 
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