outenmon　応天門

KEY WORD :　architecture / general terms

The red-painted front gate, 5 x 2 bays with three entrances that provided access from the south to enter the *choudouin 朝堂院, also called hasshouin 八省院, at the Heian capital Heiankyou 平安京. It is two-storied gate with double roofs with acroterion *shibi 鵄尾 on each end of the ridge. Outenmon was on the same axis as the *suzakumon 朱雀門, the main entrance to the Heian capital. Corridors were located to the right (east), seihourou 栖鳳楼 and to the left (west), shouranrou 翔鸞楼. Attached to the sides of the gate were the central, front gate at Heian Shrine, Heian Jinguu 平安神宮, said to be modeled after this gate.

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