Keywords
Architecture
Roofing Tiles
1 A general term for the special tiles used at the base of a roof ridge.
2 A name used for roof tiles or a tiled roof.
3 The tiles on the main ridge of a gable roof *kirizuma yane 切妻屋根 as found in the earliest known character dictionary, Wamyōsyō 倭名抄, compiled by Minamoto Shitagō 源 順 (931).
4 In the Ceremonies of Ascending the Throne at the Daijō Shrine (Senso daijōshiki 践祚大嘗式), iraka refers to the ridge of the main hall of the Daijō Shrine, Daijōkyū Shōden 大嘗宮正殿.
5 An ancient term for the triangular section above the beams under a gable roof.