kinsei karakusamon 均正唐草文

A perfectly balanced design around a symmetrical central motif. A type of arabesque found on the pendants *gatō 瓦当 of broad, concave, eave-end tiles *nokihiragawara 軒平瓦. Examples have been excavated at the site of the Ikaruga-no-Miya 斑鳩宮 near the east precinct of Hōryūji Tōin 法隆寺東院 and various temples sites dated around the mid-7th century.