kaben 花弁

Keywords
Architecture
Roofing Tiles

The band of lotus petals *renji 蓮子 which encircles the seed pod *chūbō 中房 on the pendant *gatō 瓦当 of a semi-circular convex eave-end tile *nokimarugawara 軒丸瓦. The shape, number, and size of the petals vary considerably.