also: わたりどの
roofed corridor connecting two buildings (traditional palatial architecture)
A covered walkway in shinden-zukuri and similar traditional Japanese aristocratic residences, linking the main hall to subsidiary buildings.
See also: 寝殿造り
In shinden-zukuri, a roofed corridor connected the main hall and the subsidiary buildings.
roofed open passageway in traditional palace architecture
Standard kanji form for the architectural term.
Alternate kanji form with the reading わたりどの.
Compound of 渡 (crossing) and 殿 (hall/building), referring to a passageway between buildings. The alternate reading わたりどの uses the nominal form 渡り.