ganburigawara 雁振瓦

Keywords
Architecture
Roofing Tiles

Also called *kanmurigawara 冠瓦, *fusumagawara 伏間瓦, or *tsutsumigawara 包み瓦. The tiles that crown the top of the main ridge *ōmune 大棟, descending ridge *kudarimune 降棟, and the offspring ridge *chigomune 稚児棟 of a roof. They are given a slight convex curve to conform to the width of the stacked tiles called *noshigawara 熨斗瓦; fusumagawara.

Hōryūji Nandaimon 法隆寺南大門 (Nara)