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Architecture
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Also written 覆鉢; also called fukuhatsu ふくはつ. The small inverted bowl-like fixture placed on the box-like cover, *roban 露盤, over the peak of a pyramidal roof or six- or eight-sided roofs, over hexagonal or octagonal halls usually found at Buddhist temples. Also, the small dome-like part to which the lotus petal ring, *ukebana 受花, is affixed.