toribusuma　鳥衾
KEY WORD :　architecture / roofing tiles
　
Also written 鳥伏間. Also called toriyasumi 鳥休 (bird rest) or suzumegawara 雀瓦. A cylindrical bird perch tile which has a strong upward curve and is placed on top of an ogre tile *onigawara 鬼瓦. They are placed at the ends of a main ridge *oomune 大棟, on corner ridges sumimune 隅棟 or on descending ridges *kudarimune 降棟. One is also placed on *chigomune 稚児棟, offspring ridge, the shorter and outer-end ridge when the corner ridge is divided in two by a long corner ridge *sumikudarimune 隅降棟. Toribusuma have a decorative pendant tile *gatou 瓦当 at the front end. The upper surface has minimal to exaggerated curves. The under side that reaches from the pendant tile inward is called a chin, ago 顎. Toribusuma were short in the early periods, but from the 15c the length and upward curvature increased radically.
　

Houryuuji Nandaimon 法隆寺南大門 (Nara)


a) *gatou 瓦当 　b) ago 顎　c) sori 反り

　
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