tanrou　単廊

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A single corridor that is 182cm wide, commonly found in temples. Some shrines have double corridors *fukurou 複廊, that are 264cm wide double the width of single corridors. But no extant temples have double corridors. The outer part of a single corridor in a temple, for example, the corridor at Houryuuji Sai-in 法隆寺西院, in Nara, is semi-enclosed and has a partial wall from the floor to about half the full height of the corridor. Above this are pillars *hashira 柱, with set openings filled with vertically placed, nearly square slats. These windows are called *renjimado 連子窓. The inner side is open and is supported by roof pillars only, set at regular intervals.

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*kairou 回廊

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