Also pronounced *ōmon. A generic term for a variety of styles of main gates. One type of daimon is a 4-legged gate called *shikyakumon 四脚門, found at Unjuji 雲樹寺 (14th century) in Shimane Prefecture. Daimon may be a single-storied gate, or a tall gate resembling a two-storied one *nijūmon 二重門. It may have three openings or only a single opening. A daimon may also be wayō style *wayō 和様; Zen style *zenshūyō 禅宗様; daibutsu style *daibutsuyō 大仏様; or a mixture of these styles. Daimon are also named according to the directions they face. For example, simple gates that face north are called hokudaimon 北大門. Those that face east are tōmon 東門, south-facing gates are nanmon 南門, and west-facing gates saimon 西門, seimon, or minaimon. Around a palace or temple hokudaimon are also called kitamon 北門, meaning north gate. An example at Kyōōgokokuji 教王護国寺 in Kyoto is an 8-legged gate *hakkyakumon 八脚門, with 3-bays and one entrance *sangen-ikko 三間一戸, which has a gabled roof *kirizuma yane 切妻屋根, covered with tiles *hongawarabuki 本瓦葺. The east gate Tōdaimon 東大門 at Hōryūji 法隆寺 is of the same style as the Hokudaimon at Kyōōgokokuji. The east gate was moved to Hōryūji in 1028. Tōdaiji *Nandaimon 東大寺南大門 (1199) in Nara is a 2-storied gate of enormous proportions, 5x2 bays, with a hip-and-gable roof, 6-stepped bracket complexes *mutesaki tokyō 六手先斗きょう, and a hip-and-gable tiled roof. The west gate at Yasaka Jinjya 八坂神社 (d.1427) in Kyoto, has 3-bays, one entrance, and a high gable roof covered with tile.