Keywords
Architecture
Roofing Tiles
Lit. arabesque roof tile. Also *hanahiragawara 端平瓦.
1 An eaves-end tile, nokisaki hiragawara 軒先平瓦, named after the arabesque pattern *karakusamon 唐草文 often found on the pendant edge. See *gatō 瓦当.
2 Any tile decorated with an arabesque pattern at its edge. A pantile decorated with an arabesque pattern is called san karakusagawara 桟唐草瓦. Variations include the flat arabesque tile *hira karakusagawara 平唐草瓦, corner arabesque tile *sumi karakusagawara 隅唐草瓦, gable arabesque tile keraba karakusagawara 螻羽唐草瓦 or multi-layered-box tile jūbakogawara 重箱瓦. These words are sometimes abbreviated by omitting the word kawara.