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Also read yatsuashimon. Also called sangen ikkomon �O�Ԉ�˖� or sangen sankomon �O�ԎO�˖� depending upon the number of entrances in a three-bay wide gate. Lit. an eight-legged gate. Eight secondary pillars are placed on the same axis at front and back of the gate. They support four main pillars positioned in the center of the gate beneath the ridge *munagi ����. Hence, it is really a gate composed of twelve pillars. All the pillars are round and of the same diameter. This arrangement results in a 3x2 bay gate. Usually, only the center bay provides a walk-through space but some of the three-bay gates have an entrance in each bay. The greater percentage have gabled roofs *kirizuma yane �؍ȉ���, but occasionally they have hip-and-gabled roofs *_irimoya yane ���ꉮ��. This style of gate dates as far back as the Nara period. Examples include: Motoyamadera Nioumon �{�R���񉤖� (1485) in Kagawa prefecture. It is an eight-legged gate with a gabled roof covered with tile *_hongawarabuki_�{����; Kibitsu Jinja Minamizuijinmon �g���Ð_�Г쐏�g�� (1357) in Okayama prefecture. See *zuijinmon ���g��. It is an eight-legged gate with a tiled hip-and-gable roof. Four-legged gates may also have undulating gables either on the gable ends, _yotsuashi hirakaramon_�l�r������, or on the front and back bargeboards, yotsuashi mukaikaramon �l�r������.