yuengata 油煙形
KEY WORD : architecture / decorations
 
Also koumorigata 蝙蝠形. A decorative pattern similar to the shapes found on a foliate-panel, shape *kouzama 格狭間 or *geshou 牙象. The motif is made up of symmetrical curved lines, which branch off to the left and right. Widely used in openwork decoration on panel doors kagamido 鏡戸, transoms *ranma 欄間 and fences hei 塀. In weaving and fabric-dying the same motif is called yuenmon 油煙文.
 
Hontokuji Oohiroma 本徳寺大広間 (Hyougo)
Hontokuji Oohiroma 本徳寺大広間 (Hyougo)

 
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*kushigata 櫛形
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