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kirou 機廊. Small, single-storied, detached buildings on temple grounds
constructed on each side of a two-storied gate, *nijuumon
二重門. Sanr are most commonly found either side of the large main gates (*sanmon
三門) at Zen sect, zenshuu 禅宗, temples. Generally enclosed, they are
entrances to stairways leading to the second story of the gate. Most have
extended roofs over the stairways, or the stairways are positioned so that
the overhang of the gate's roof protects them. Usually sanrou have gable
roofs, *kirizuma-zukuri
切妻造. The earliest extant sanrou is part of the Toufukuji Sanmon 東福寺三門,
1384-1387 (Nanbokuchou 南北朝 period), in Kyoto. The sanrou at Toufukuji
are 2×2 bays, and have gable roofs, covered with tile, *hongawarabuki
本瓦葺, matching the roof of the large 5×2-bay (25.88m×10.35m) gate. They are
partially walled, from the ground level to less than half the height of
the posts that support the roof. The stairs are protected not only by the
roof of the sanrou but also by the deep overhang of the first story
roof. Two examples of Sanmon with sanrou an be found at Manpukuji,
1678, in Kyoto, which has a 3×2-bay (17.68m×9.61m) Sanmon with a 2×2-bay
sanrou and at Toukouji 東光寺, 1811, in Yamaguchi prefecture, which
has a 3×2 bay (11.50 m× 6.60m) sanrou. |
