kagariya　篝屋

KEY WORD :　architecture / buildings & structures

Guardhouses for soldiers placed at street corners in Kyoto and Kamakura during the Kamakura period. The earliest known kagariya was built in Kyoto in 1238. Eventually there were forty-eight in Kyoto. They were simple 5×3 bay structures with boarded roofs. A fire was kept burning at night to provide light.

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