banbei 蕃塀

Also pronounced hanbei. A single, free-standing, short timber fence placed as a guard in front of the north, east, south, and west entrances to the sacred precincts at both the Naikū 内宮 and Gekū 外宮 at Ise Jingū 伊勢神宮. At both the Naikū and Gekū, between the main gates of the fence uchitamagaki 内玉垣, and the innermost fence *mizugaki 瑞垣, is another similar wooden fence called bangakigomon 蕃垣御門. At Naikū, there is also a fence which extends at right angle from the innermost fence and then turns and runs parallel to the uchitamagaki and is attached to both sides of the uchitamagaki south gate *Minamigomon 内玉垣南御門.