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karigasumi 雁霞

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Architecture

Decorations

A pattern used for muntins *kumiko 組子. It is thought to resemble the flight of a wild goose, kari 雁.

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JAANUS is the on-line Dictionary of Japanese Architectural and Art Historical Terminology compiled by Dr. Mary Neighbour Parent.

Originally built by the Atsumi International Scholarship Foundation, it is now hosted and maintained by the Media Center for Art History at Columbia University