Kairō

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title: Kairō
text: Kairō, bu (廡), sōrō or horō (歩廊) is the Japanese version of a cloister, a covered corridor originally built around the most sacred area of a Buddhist temple, a zone which contained the kondō and the tō. Nowadays it can be found also at Shinto shrines and at shinden-zukuri aristocratic residences. The kairō and the rōmon were among the most important among the garan elements which appeared during the Heian period. The first surrounded the holiest part of the garan, while the second was its main e
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description: Cloister-like part of a Japanese Buddhist temple
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date modified: 2022-08-25T19:21:25Z
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