munakomigawara 棟込瓦

A general term for the rows of decorative tiles used along the ridge of a structure. The tiles have many patterns, for example, wachigai 輪違 (see *wachigaigawara 輪違瓦), *kikugawara 菊瓦, *seigaiha 青海波 and *matsukawabishi 松皮菱. These patterns can be used alone or combined with one or more other patterns. Thus, the patterns created are limitless.