juuben rengemon　重弁蓮華文

KEY WORD :　architecture / roofing tiles

A roof tile style with a lotus pattern with double layered petals. The additional petals are placed between the leaf sprout shiyou 子葉 and the fully matured stylized petals, of which there are usually eight. The outer ends of the petals are peaked, or wedge-like shapes, kanben 間弁, thought of as lotus seeds.

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