四し脚きゃく門もん

noun

four-pillared gate; temple gate with four pillars and a gabled roof

A traditional Japanese architectural gate style, often found at temples, featuring four main pillars supporting a gabled roof.

• この寺てらの四し脚きゃく門もんは江え戸ど時じ代だいに建たてられた。

  This temple's four-pillared gate was built in the Edo period.

• 四し脚きゃく門もんは格かく式しきの高たかい門もんの形けい式しきの一ひとつです。

  The four-pillared gate is one of the high-status gate styles.