hachiyou　八葉

KEY WORD :　architecture / decorations

Lit. eight leaves. Also hachiyou kanagu 八葉金具. A metal decoration carved into the shape of eight petals with a central projection known as *taru-no-kuchi 樽の口 (cask cap). It is used on a gable pendant *gegyo 懸魚, and to conceal the head of a nail *kugikakushi 釘隠. A hachiyou with eight lotus petals, called hachiyou ukebana 八葉請花, is found on the square-box base *roban 露盤 of a 2-storied pagoda *tahoutou 多宝塔.

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*rokuyou 六葉

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