Keywords
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 Kyōma 京間, *tatami 畳 in Kyoto, Nara, Osaka and Setōchi 瀬戸内 areas. See *ken 間.