wachigaigawara　輪違瓦

KEY WORD :　architecture / roofing tiles

Also tsumegawara 爪瓦. A row of narrow tile pieces cut crosswise from semi-cylindrical tiles *marugawara 丸瓦, and arranged to form decorative bands of intersecting semi-circles or full circles on a built-up ridge *kumimune 組棟. A great variety of patterns can be formed by placing the tiles right side up and upside-down in layers so that they overlap. This type of pattern was first used toward the end of the 16c and was most popular from the 17c-19c.

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*munakomigawara 棟込瓦, *irakagawara 甍瓦, *kudarimune 降棟, *sumikudarimune 隅降棟, *chigomune 稚児棟.

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