warabite 蕨手
KEY WORD : architecture / decorations
 
Also warabide. A style of ornamentation which features a curved design based on curling bracken shoots. It is found on the lower rim of bargeboard decorations *gegyo 懸魚 on the coping *kasagi 笠木 of railings *kouran 高欄 in the Zen style *zenshuuyou 禅宗様; on the end of the ridge of a palanquin, *mikoshi 神輿; on stone lanterns ishidourou 石灯籠; and on the hilt of a sword tachi 太刀.
 

*tourou 灯籠

 
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