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Architecture
Roofing Tiles
Also pronounced kogawara. Wooden strips shaped to resemble traditional tile roofing *hongawarabuki 本瓦葺, i.e., the broad concave tiles called *hiragawara 平瓦 and the semi-circular cover tiles called *marugawara 丸瓦. Example: Chūsonji *Konjikidō 中尊寺金色堂 (1124), Iwate Prefecture.