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Suzakumon GateThe Suzakumon Gate was the lesser of the two city gates of the Japanese city of Kyoto. Constructed in the 8th century AD along with its more famous counterpart, the Rashomon Gate, it was said to be the site where foreign dignitaries were received by the Emperor. It was destroyed centuries ago along with the rest of the Heijo Palace, the imperial residence during the Heian period. In 1993, it was decided that the gate would be reconstructed. It proved extremely difficult to work out what Suzakomon 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 (cypress wood and tiles) and concrete, in order to resist earthquakes. The reconstructed gate was opened in 1998. External links * Suzakumon reconstruction - Takenaka Corp.
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