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hira karakusagawara 平唐草瓦 | ||||||
KEY WORD : architecture / roofing tiles | ||||||
Also called hira karakusa 平唐草. A broad
concave eave-end tile *nokihiragawara
軒平瓦, decorated with an arabesque pattern *karakusamon
唐草文, on the pendant part *gatou
瓦当. It was employed especially during the 7c-12c. The arabesque motif later
fell into disuse, but the tile was still called *karakusagawara
唐草瓦. |
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*nokigawara 軒瓦, *kawara 瓦, *hongawarabuki, 本瓦葺, *iraka 甍, | ||||||
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