kinsei karakusamon　均正唐草文
KEY WORD :　architecture / roofing tiles
　
A perfectly balanced design around a symmetrical central motif. A type of arabesque found on the pendants *gatou 瓦当 of broad, concave, eave-end tiles *nokihiragawara 軒平瓦. Examples have been excavated at the site of the Ikaruga-no-Miya 斑鳩宮 near the east precinct of Houryuuji Touin 法隆寺東院 and various temples sites dated around the mid-7c.
　


Gangouji Gokurakubou Zenshitsu 元興寺極楽坊禅室 (Nara)

　
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