gaiku 外区
KEY WORD : architecture / roofing tiles
 
The section of a pendant *gatou 瓦当, outside the lotus flower motif, on a semi-circular eave end tile *nokimarugawara 軒丸瓦. The gaiku can be divided into the gaiku naien 外区内縁, the inner band customarily decorated with a bead pattern *shumon 珠文, and the gaiku gaien 外区外縁, the outer band with a saw tooth pattern *kyoshimon 鋸歯文 or a zigzag pattern *inazumamon 稲妻文 that decorates the rim. The rim *shuuen 周縁 is either raised with a flat surface, or slopes inward toward the border line separating it from the bead pattern band shumontai 珠文帯. The gaiku is not always divided into two separate bands. If not divided, the entire area outside the boundary of the flower pattern is usually called gaien. Note however, that some scholars prefer to call only the band with the bead pattern gaien and the rim or periphery, with or without decorative motifs shuuen. After the end of the Heian period, the outer rim around the pendant tile, nokimarugawara, was usually flat and undecorated. When the pendant is a broad concave eave end tile *nokihiragawara 軒平瓦, the upper band is called joutai 上帯 and the lower band is designated *shimotai 下帯. The nokihiragawara also has side or end bands, called *sokutai 側帯, which generally have the same pattern as the upper and lower ones.
 


nokihiragawara 軒平瓦

*kinsei karakusamon 均正唐草文


a) *shuuen 周縁 b) joutai 上帯
c) chuushin kazari 中心飾 d) *shimotai 下帯
e) gaiku 外区 f) *naiku 内区


*henkou karakusamon 偏行唐草文


a) *shuuen 周縁 b) joutai 上帯 c) *karakusamon 唐草文
d) *shimotai 下帯 e) gaiku 外区 f) *naiku 内区


nokimarugawara 軒丸瓦


a) *shuuen 周縁 b) shumontai 珠文帯
c) kanben 間弁 d *renji 連子
e) *chuubou 中房 f) *renben 連弁
g) gaiku 外区 h) *naiku 内区


 
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