hira karakusagawara　平唐草瓦

KEY WORD :　architecture / roofing tiles

Also called hira karakusa 平唐草. A broad concave eave-end tile *nokihiragawara 軒平瓦, decorated with an arabesque pattern *karakusamon 唐草文, on the pendant part *gatou 瓦当. It was employed especially during the 7c-12c. The arabesque motif later fell into disuse, but the tile was still called *karakusagawara 唐草瓦.

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*nokigawara 軒瓦, *kawara 瓦, *hongawarabuki, 本瓦葺, *iraka 甍,

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