1 Lotus petal design carved around the lower base kiban 基盤 of a lantern *tōrō 灯籠. There are simple single-layer designs hitoe 一重 and more complex multi-layer designs yae 八重. The center of each petal of the single-layer type is divided in half; two single petals layered one on top of the other are called yae. The spaces between the petals are filled in with simple forms termed kobana 小花.
*tōrō 灯籠：Ueno Tōshōgū 上野東照宮 (Tokyo)
2 Also less commonly called fukuren 伏蓮. A lotus pedestal *rengeza 蓮華座 for a Buddhist image that has the flower petals turned downward. The bases of early Buddhist images, such as those of the attendants *kyōji 脇侍 of the Shaka sanzonzō 釈迦三尊像 at Hōryūji 法隆寺 (623) in Nara, simply consist of a kaeribana and a *kamachiza 框座 (base frame). In more complex lotus pedestals, the kaeribana is used in the lower section of the base under the main larger upturned lotus petals *renben 蓮弁. The Amida Nyoraizō 阿弥陀如来像 at Byōdōin *Hōōdō 平等院鳳凰堂 (1053) in Kyoto, has two separate kaeribana. Kaeribana may appear on altars and *zushi 厨子 (miniature shrines).