miyukimon　御幸門
CATEGORY:　architecture / gates
　
1　A gate originally used exclusively by the emperor. It had two main pillars and four secondary ones. Such gates were also erected in front of the dwellings of Imperial princes, at mansions of the shoguns and at temples used by emperors.

2　A type of four-legged gate. The most elaborate had undulating gables *karahafu 唐破風, on four sides, and some had a dormer bargeboad, *chidori hafu 千鳥破風, that was actually a short ridge projecting at right angles from the main ridge *munagi 棟木. One example is the Kitano Tenmanguu Chuumon 北野天満宮中門 (1607), in Kyoto. The side bargeboards, *hafu 破風, are of the curved type, and the roof is a hip-and gable *irimoya yane 入母屋屋根. The Nikkou Toushouguu Karamon 日光東照宮唐門, 1641, in Tochigi prefecture, has undulating gables on all four sides. The miyukimon came to be used for gates at temples, shrines or aristocratic dwellings from the 17-19c. The Katsura Sansou 桂山荘 at Katura Rikyuu 桂離宮, Kyoto, is a middle miyukimon gate in a rustic style. The bark *kuroki 黒木, is not stripped from the posts and the roof is thatched.
　
　
Nikkou Toushouguu Karamon 日光東照宮唐門 (Tochigi)
　

　
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