Utoumen (English spelling) wū tóu men

Japanese: 烏頭門 - うとうもん（英語表記）wū tóu mén

A Chinese gate with two pillars connected at the top with a crosspiece and two wooden doors in between. It is also called the Wu-Tou Zhao Cue Gate or the Wu-Tou Dai Gate. During the Tang and Song dynasties, only a limited number of officials were allowed to use this gate in their homes. In Pingjiang (Suzhou) during the Northern Song dynasty, this gate was often used for the gates of village temples. After the Song dynasty, it became generally known as the Laixing Gate, and many stone ones remain in Confucius temples around the country. Today, the roofless style gates of the Pailou (architecture) known as Pai Fang are similar to this gate.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

中国，2本の柱の上部を貫（ぬき）でつなぎ，中間に2枚の板扉を設けた門。烏頭棹楔門（とうせつもん），烏頭大門ともいう。唐･宋時代，これを住宅に用いることのできる者の官位は限られた。北宋時代の平江(蘇州)では里坊の坊門にこれが多用された。宋代以降は一般に櫺星門（れいせいもん）と呼ばれるようになり，各地の孔子廟に石造のものが多く現存する。今日，牌坊と呼ばれる，牌楼（パイロウ）の屋根のない形式の門もこれと同様のものである。

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