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kasagawara 笠瓦 | ||||||
KEY WORD : architecture / roofing tiles | ||||||
Coping tiles. Tiles used to cover the top of a fence
or wall to prevent weathering. The fences may be made of wood, bamboo or mud plaster
and surfaced with white plaster. The arrangement of the tiles varies: a simple
row of semi-circular tiles; an elaborate arrangement of one or two rows of pantile
*sangawara 桟瓦 or individual
broad, concave tiles *hiragawara
平瓦; or semi-circular, convex cover tiles *marugawara
丸瓦 bordered on the outer edge with a row of eave-end tiles *nokisakigawara
軒先瓦 with pendants *gatou 瓦当
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