<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><mads xmlns="http://www.loc.gov/mads/" xmlns:mods="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.loc.gov/mads/
mads.xsd"><authority><topic authority="http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en">Izumo Taisha</topic></authority><related type="narrower"><topic>Yayoi</topic></related><related type="broader"><topic>Japanese architecture styles</topic></related><variant type="other"><topic>Taisha</topic></variant> <note xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ Referes to the style of Shinto architecture that developed during the Yayoi period (ca. 300 BCE to ca. 300 CE). The style is characterized by a type of shrine with features suggestive of residential architecture of the Kofun period (ca. 300-710), such as columns set directly into the ground, a gable roof, and floors raised high above the earth and accessible by stairs at the gable end. ]]></note></mads>