Suzakumon

The Suzakumon (朱雀門, Suzakumon or Shujakumon) was the main gate built in the center of the south end of the imperial palaces in the Japanese ancient capitals of Fujiwara-kyō (Kashihara), Heijō-kyō (Nara), and later Heian-kyō (Kyoto).

[clarification needed] In 1993, it was decided that the gate of Nara would be reconstructed.

It proved extremely difficult to work out what Suzakumon had looked like, as there were no surviving structural remnants.

A conjectural model was developed, based on comparable architecture elsewhere, and the new gate was constructed from a mixture of traditional building materials (Japanese cypress wood and tiles) and concrete, in order to resist earthquakes.

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