三さん門もん

noun

large triple gate to a temple

Buddhist term for the main gate of a temple, often with three entrances symbolizing the three gates of liberation.

• その寺てらの三さん門もんは国くにの重じゅう要よう文ぶん化か財ざいに指し定ていされている。

  The temple's triple gate is designated as an Important Cultural Property.