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(詳細はrōmon'', see photo in the gallery below), and can be found at most Japanese Buddhist temples. This gate is distinguishable from its relative by the roof above the first floor which skirts the entire upper story, absent in a ''rōmon''.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title = nijuumon )〕 Accordingly, it has a series of brackets (''tokyō'') supporting the roof's eaves both at the first and at the second story. In a ''rōmon'', the brackets support a balcony. The ''tokyō'' are usually three-stepped (''mitesaki'') with tail rafters at the third step.〔For details, see the article Tokyō.〕〔 A ''nijūmon'' is normally covered by a hip-and-gable roof.〔 Unlike a ''rōmon'', whose second story is inaccessible and unusable, a ''nijūmon'' has stairs leading to the second story. Some gates have at their ends two , 2 x 1 bay structures housing the stairs.〔 The second story of a ''nijūmon'' usually contains statues of Shakyamuni or of goddess Kannon, and of the 16 ''Rakan'', and hosts periodical religious ceremonies.〔Iwanami Nihonshi Jiten〕 Large ''nijūmon are 5 bays wide, 2 bays deep and have three entrances, however Tokyo's Zōjō-ji, the Tokugawa clan's funerary temple, has a gate which is 5 x 3 bays.〔 Smaller ones are 3 x 2 bays and have one, two or even three entrances.〔 Of all temple gate types, the ''nujūmon'' has the highest status, and is accordingly used for important gates like the ''chūmon'' (middle gate) of ancient temples as Hōryū-ji.〔 The ''sanmon'', the gate of a Zen temple of highest prestige, is usually a ''nijūmon''.〔The term ''sanmon'' originated at Zen temples, but is often used by other sects too, particularly by the Jōdo sect.〕 Some ''nijūmon'' are called because they are situated between the entrance and the temple.〔 ==Gallery== File:Koumyouji5501.JPG|The ''Niōmon'' of Kōmyō-ji in Ayabe (National Treasure) File:Kenchoji Gate.jpg|A ''nijūmon''. Note the double roof. File:Hannyaji Romon01.jpg|A ''rōmon''. Note the balcony and the single roof. File:Tofukiji-Sanro.jpg|One of the ''sanrō'' of Tōfuku-ji's ''sanmon'' (detail of the photo above) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Nijūmon」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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