hiunmon　飛雲文

KEY WORD :　architecture / roofing tiles

Also *unmon 雲文, ryuuunmon 流雲文. The flowing cloud motif on a pendant tile *gatou 瓦当 of a semi-circular convex eave end tile *nokimarugawara 軒丸瓦. One example from the site of a temple in the southern part of Shiga prefecture, Minamishiga haiji 南滋賀廃寺 (south Shiga ruined temple) has been dated to around the early 8c.

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