wakimon　脇門

KEY WORD :　architecture / gates

Also read *ekimon 掖門 or 腋門. A side gate or a small gate on one or both sides of a large gate used as a service entrance. One example is Taiyuuin Reibyou 大猷院霊廟 (mid-17c) in Nikkou 日光, Tochigi prefecture, which is a side gate written as ekimon. It has undulating bargeboards on the gable ends. It is 1-bay wide and has one-entrance. The roof is covered with copper sheeting, doubanbuki 銅板葺.

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*hirakaramon 平唐門.

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