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hanasogawara はなそ瓦 | ||||||
KEY WORD : architecture / roofing tiles | ||||||
A semi-circular convex tile with a pendant *gatou
瓦当, attached to the peak of the gable to form the base around which a ridge-end
ogre tile *onigawara
鬼瓦, fits. Actually, it is the uppermost hanging tile, kakemarugawara 掛丸瓦,
that is below the teeth of the ogre tile. Example: the ogre tiles on the high
gate Roumon 楼門 (1263-73) at Hannyaji 般若寺 in Nara. |
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Hannyaji Roumon 般若寺楼門 (Nara) |
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