Keywords
Architecture
General Terms
Also called *hirairi 平入. A style of building that has the main entrance or entrances on the front side of the building running parallel to the ridge *munagi 棟木. Most temples and a fair number of shrine buildings have this arrangement. Examples: Kano mioya Jinja Higashi honden, Nishi honden 賀茂御祖神社東本殿・西本殿, Kyoto; Tōshōdaiji *Kondō 唐招提寺金堂 (1285) in Nara.