ayasuji 綾筋

Keywords
Architecture
Decorations

Also pronounced shimesuji 〆筋. The parallel chevron lines on the front or sides of a lion-mouth roof tile *shishiguchi 獅子口, which was used to decorate a roof ridge on Edo period shrines, temples, and palaces.

a) *kyō-no-maki 経の巻  b) ayasuji 綾筋