ooma　大間

KEY WORD :　architecture / general terms

1　A gate, mon 門, with multiple pillars with large intervals between them. One example is Nanzenji Sanmon 南禅寺三門, a very large two storied gate in Kyoto, 1628. It has five bays, with the three center bays open for passage. 2　Also *hiroma 広間, a large room used by noblemen and shogun 将軍 in medeival ages. 3　Kyouma 京間, *tatami 畳 in Kyoto 京都, Nara 奈良, Osaka 大阪 and Seto 瀬戸 areas. See *ken 間.

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