East Asian hip-and-gable roof

Irimoya (Japanese入 母 屋, also: Irimoya - zukuri入 母 屋 造, ~ construction) called in Japanese architecture a roof shape that corresponds in Europe about the Fußwalmdach.

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The basic form of this roof consists of a gable roof (切 妻 屋 根, kirizuma - yane ), whose eaves are drawn right down and on the opposite sides of two Fußwalme are recognized. The gable roof spans while the center of the house ( moya ), while protecting the surrounding passages (厢, hisashi ) Around The House Fußwalme. This roof shape came about in the 6th century from China to Japan. It is often used with magnificent temples and palaces. In Chinese, this roof shape Xieshan (Chinese歇山) is called in Korean Piljakjibung ( 팔작 지붕 ).

Examples of this type of roof form can be found at Hōryū -ji and the Toyomitsu -jinja (豊 満 神社) in Shiga Prefecture.

The Irimoya roof shape can be distinguished from the hipped roof (寄 栋 屋 根, yosemune - yane ) and the shikoro - yane (錣 屋 根), a gable roof where the sloping Walme are discontinued and the eaves are not kept in one piece down.

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Irimoya roof shape on Shimogamo -jinja

Main gate of Shitenno -ji with shikorobuki roof, Osaka