kakedomoegawara　掛巴瓦

KEY WORD :　architecture / roofing tiles

Often abbreviated kakedomoe 掛巴. The semi-cylindrical eave-end cover tiles, noki kakedomoe marugawara 軒掛巴丸瓦, with either lotus pattern *rengemon 蓮華文, or comma pattern *tomoemon 巴文, pendants *gatou 瓦当, affixed to the barge course or gable overhang *keraba 螻羽. During the 7c-12c, kakedomoekawara were used on all eave end tiles.

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*abumigawara 鎧瓦, *tomoegawara 巴瓦, *kerabagawara 螻羽瓦

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