勅ちょく使し門もん

noun

imperial envoy gate; gate for imperial messengers

A gate at a temple or shrine reserved for use by an imperial envoy; an architectural feature in traditional Japanese religious complexes.

• この寺てらの勅ちょく使し門もんは、江え戸ど時じ代だいに建たてられたものだ。

  This temple's imperial envoy gate was built in the Edo period.

• 勅ちょく使し門もんは普ふ段だん閉しまっていて、特とく別べつな儀ぎ式しきのときだけ開ひらかれる。

  The imperial envoy gate is normally closed and is opened only for special ceremonies.