Sakuheimon　朔平門
KEY WORD :　architecture / gates
　
The Sakuheimon is the center gate on the north side of Kyoto Gosho 京都御所, Ｄairi 内裏, at the Heian capital, Heiankyou 平安京, in Kyoto, during the end of the Heian period. It was one of the twelve gates around the outer enclosure of Kyoto Gosho grounds. It can be seen in two scrolls: Heiji monogatari emaki 平治物語絵巻 and Ishiyamadera engi-e 石山寺縁起絵. The Taikenmon 待賢門 can also be identified in these scrolls. As illustrated they have three-bays and one-entrance. The Sakuheimon was rebuilt in 1855 as a 4-legged gate *shikyakumon 四脚門. Excluding the *Gishuumon 宜秋門, one of the twelve gates, the Sakuheimon is the same as the other gates were in style, construction and execution. The Sakuheimon was almost never opened.
　

Kyoto Gosho Sakuheimon 京都御所朔平門 (Kyoto)

　
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　*Kenreimon 建礼門
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