san'you 三葉
KEY WORD : architecture / decorations
 
Lit. three leaves. A decorative pattern carved into the shape of three leaves; used particularly for metal fittings found on the gable pendant *gegyo 懸魚, suspended from the bargeboard *hafu 破風, of a gable *tsuma 妻. Used from the Momoyama period onward.
 
 

 
REFERENCES:
*shiyou 四葉, *goyou 五葉, *rokuyou 六葉, *hachiyou 八葉, *kazarikanagu 飾金具
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