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Created page with "*''Other Names'': 羅生門 ''(rashômon)'' *''Japanese'': 羅城門 ''(rajômon)'' The Rajômon or Rashômon was one of the main city gates at the entrance to [[Heian-kyo|He..."
*''Other Names'': 羅生門 ''(rashômon)''
*''Japanese'': 羅城門 ''(rajômon)''
The Rajômon or Rashômon was one of the main city gates at the entrance to [[Heian-kyo|Heian-kyô]] (ancient [[Kyoto]]). Perhaps most famous for the Akira Kurosawa film ''Rashômon'' which is set there, the gate also features in a [[Noh]] play by [[Rashomon (Noh)|the same name]].
The gate faced Kujô-dôri (Ninth Avenue), and was flanked by the two temples of [[Toji|Tôji]] and [[Saiji]]. Suzaku-dôri (Suzaku Avenue), the chief boulevard of the capital, stretched north from this gate to the gates of the [[Kyoto Imperial Palace|imperial palace]]. It is believed to have been 50 meters wide, 24 meters high, and 21 meters deep.
The gate was destroyed in a typhoon in [[816]] and was rebuilt, but was later destroyed again in another storm. After that, it was never rebuilt. A model was erected near [[Kyoto Station]] in 1994, however.
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==References==
*Plaques on-site at Kyoto Station.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/46558113452/sizes/l]
[[Category:Historic Buildings]]
[[Category:Heian Period]]
*''Japanese'': 羅城門 ''(rajômon)''
The Rajômon or Rashômon was one of the main city gates at the entrance to [[Heian-kyo|Heian-kyô]] (ancient [[Kyoto]]). Perhaps most famous for the Akira Kurosawa film ''Rashômon'' which is set there, the gate also features in a [[Noh]] play by [[Rashomon (Noh)|the same name]].
The gate faced Kujô-dôri (Ninth Avenue), and was flanked by the two temples of [[Toji|Tôji]] and [[Saiji]]. Suzaku-dôri (Suzaku Avenue), the chief boulevard of the capital, stretched north from this gate to the gates of the [[Kyoto Imperial Palace|imperial palace]]. It is believed to have been 50 meters wide, 24 meters high, and 21 meters deep.
The gate was destroyed in a typhoon in [[816]] and was rebuilt, but was later destroyed again in another storm. After that, it was never rebuilt. A model was erected near [[Kyoto Station]] in 1994, however.
{{stub}}
==References==
*Plaques on-site at Kyoto Station.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/46558113452/sizes/l]
[[Category:Historic Buildings]]
[[Category:Heian Period]]