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Architecture
Roofing Tiles
A broad, concave end tile that alternates with an eave end semi-circular tile surmounted with a circular pendant *gatō 瓦当. The same as *nokihiragawara 軒平瓦 or *hira karakusagawara 平唐草瓦. The former term is more often used by scholars and the latter by tile makers and setters. Hanahiragawara is a logical term for the broad, concave eave-end pendant tile because it literally means edge flat title. Also called hashihiragawara.