roukyou　廊橋

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Also called hashirou 橋廊. A covered bridge, often with a resting place at the central point. Roukyou can also be a passageway or corridor that resembles a bridge. It may also span part of a garden or bridge two wings of a building. It sometimes spans a pond and is arched in part or entirely. There are several extant examples: Koudaiji Rousenrou 高台寺楼船廊 (17c), which incorporates a moon-viewing stand, tsukimidai 月見台; Higashihonganji Shouseien Kaitourou 東本願寺渉成園回棹廊 (17c); Toufukuji Tsuutenkyou 東福寺通天橋 (probably a 14c structure, last rebuilt 1951); and Heian Jinguu Higashi Shin-en no Hashidono 平安神宮東神苑の橋殿 (19c), all in Kyoto.

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*rouka 廊下

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