iraka　甍

KEY WORD :　architecture / roofing tiles

1　A general term for the special tiles used at the base of a roof ridge. 2　A name used for roof tiles or a tiled roof. 3　The tiles on the main ridge of a gable roof *kirizuma yane 切妻屋根 as found in the earliest known character dictionary, WAMYOUSYOU 倭名抄 compiled by Minamoto Shitagou 源 順 (931). 4　In the Ceremonies of Ascending the Throne at the Daijou Shrine, Senso Daijoushiki 践祚大嘗式, iraka refers to the ridge of the main hall of the Daijou Shrine, Daijoukyuu Shouden 大嘗宮正殿. 5　An ancient term for the triangular section above the beams under a gable roof.

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*hongawarabuki 本瓦葺, *daijoukyuu 大嘗宮, *daijousai 大嘗祭, *ganburigawara 雁振瓦, *kawara 瓦

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