Keywords
Architecture
Gates
Folk Dwellings
1 A small low gate cut through an earth wall, tsuchibei 土塀, or timber fence *itabei 板塀. Also called kuguri 潜り and kirinukimon 切抜き門.
2 In vernacular houses *minka 民家, in Ōita Prefecture, a gatehouse nagayamon 長屋門, at the entry to the ground, usually with a stable *umaya 厩, or agriculture tool store. Generally confined to larger farmhouses.