八やつ脚あし門もん

noun

eight-legged gate

A traditional Japanese gate style with eight secondary pillars supporting the four main central pillars, typically found in temple or shrine architecture. This is a specialized architectural term.

• このお寺てらの八やつ脚あし門もんは鎌かま倉くら時じ代だいに建たてられた。

  The eight-legged gate of this temple was built in the Kamakura period.