chigomunekawara　稚児棟瓦

KEY WORD :　architecture / roofing tiles

Roof tiles used to make the offspring ridge *chigomune 稚児棟, a short ridge closest to the outer end of a corner ridge *sumimune 隅棟. The tiles are usually flat, similar to those piled up on the main ridge. The number of flat tiles depends on the length of the offspring ridge and the desired amount of curve. Chigomunekawara are occasionally composed of very decorative tiles above a flat tile base, which are then covered with one or two more layers of flat tiles. In all cases, the offspring ridge is finished with coping tiles *fusumagawara 伏間瓦, with a slightly flared appearance. An ogre tile *onigawara 鬼瓦, called *ichi-no-oni 一の鬼 (first ogre tile) is placed at the outer end of the corner ridge. This is smaller than the second ogre tile, ni-no-oni 二の鬼, which is placed at the end of the main descending corner ridge.

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