A hip-and-gable roof construction, or a building with this roof construction. A gable type roof has a ridge and gable pediments on the upper part and a hipped roof on the four sides on the lower part. This roof style was introduced from China at the same time as Buddhism in the mid-6th century. In Japanese temple buildings, the gable part of the roof usually covers the central core *moya 母屋, while the hipped part covers the surrounding aisle *hisashi 廂. This style of roof is used on many types of traditional buildings including castles and folk dwellings. On folk-dwellings, it is often called moya-zukuri 母屋造. Its popularity increased during the Kamakura period and continued to be used more and more often for important buildings in the following centuries.
Examples: Hōryūji *Daikōdō 法隆寺大講堂 (990) tile roof in Nara, Toyomitsu Jinja 豊満神社 (1323), four-legged gate Shikyakumon 四脚門, finely layered shingles and cypress bark roof in Shiga Prefecture.
