| Around the gejin, there is a hisashi (a long, thin hallway which surrounded the main wing of an aristocrat's home, in traditional Heian architecture) called mokoshi (double-roof structure) which is the only place to permit ordinary visitors to enter. |
外陣の周囲には裳階（もこし）と呼ばれる廂（ひさし）部分があり、一般拝観者が立ち入りを許されるのはこの裳階部分である。 |