fukikaeshi 　吹返

KEY WORD :　1 architecture / accessoiries, 2 art history / sculptures

1　Also written 葺返. A board which projects diagonally out from the top of a statue canopy *tengai 天蓋, to create a fine finish. Similar to a cornice. Example: the canopy over the Tachibana Bunin Zushi 橘夫人厨子 (8c, miniature shrine) in the *Kondou 金堂 at Houryuuji 法隆寺 in Nara. 2　Two curved panels on the left and right sides of the rim *shikoro 錣, of a helmet *kabuto 冑. The shape and decoration of the fukikaeshi varies. The most traditional form is where the upper ridges, hachitsuki-no-ita 鉢付の板, of the rim curl backwards, leaving only the outer band, hishinui-no-ita 菱縫の板, hanging down.

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