noun
thatched-roof gate
A gate with a thatched roof, typically used as an entrance to a garden, especially for a tea ceremony house. The reading is かやもん.
茶室の庭には茅門が設けられている。
A thatched-roof gate is installed at the entrance to the tea ceremony garden.
noun
my humble home
Only when written 茅門 · Only with reading ぼうもん
Humble expression for one's own home. Used with the reading ぼうもん and the kanji 茅門. Rare and literary; in modern speech, 拙宅 (せったく) is more common.
どうぞ茅門へお越しください。
Please come to my humble home.
Variant kanji for かや (thatch); less common than 茅門.
More common modern humble term for 'my home'. 茅門 (ぼうもん) is rarer and more literary.
茅 (かや, thatch) + 門 (もん, gate). The humble sense is a metaphorical extension, likening one's home to a humble thatched gate.