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KEY WORD : architecture / decorations
 
Lit. fins. A decorative sculpted form found, for example, on the left and right of a gable pendant *gegyo 懸魚, along a bargeboard, and on both sides of a goblin mask tile *onigawara 鬼瓦 or a bottle-shaped post *taiheizuka 大瓶束. Hire flanking a taiheizuka are known as *taiheibire 大瓶鰭, *gasshouhire 合掌鰭.
 
   

*gegyo 懸魚



*oigata taiheizuka 笈形大瓶束
 
*oni-ita 鬼板
 

 
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