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hachiyou 八葉 | ||||||
KEY WORD : architecture / decorations | ||||||
Lit. eight leaves. Also hachiyou kanagu 八葉金具.
A metal decoration carved into the shape of eight petals with a central projection
known as *taru-no-kuchi
樽の口 (cask cap). It is used on a gable pendant *gegyo
懸魚, and to conceal the head of a nail *kugikakushi
釘隠. A hachiyou with eight lotus petals, called hachiyou ukebana
八葉請花, is found on the square-box base *roban
露盤 of a 2-storied pagoda *tahoutou
多宝塔. |
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*rokuyou 六葉 | ||||||
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