noun
multiple layers of fences; fences within fences
Literary and historical term referring to a defensive or symbolic arrangement of layered fences, often appearing in classical poetry and mythology. Not used in everyday modern Japanese.
古事記には、八重垣を作る場面が描かれている。
In the Kojiki, there is a scene where multiple layers of fences are built.
和歌で「八重垣」は、幾重にも巡らされた垣根
In waka poetry, 'yaegaki' is sometimes used with the image of fences layered many times over.