画が楼ろう

noun

ornate building; picturesque mansion

Literary term for a richly decorated building or a stately home so beautiful it looks like a painting. Rare in everyday speech; found in classical or poetic descriptions.

• その庭てい園えんの奥おくには、まるで絵えのような画が楼ろうが建たっていた。

  Deep in the garden stood a mansion that looked as if it were from a painting.

• 古ふるい随ずい筆ひつに、都みやこの画が楼ろうを讃たたえる一いっ節せつがある。

  In an old essay, there is a passage praising the ornate buildings of the capital.