Keywords
Architecture
General Terms
A roof covering made with a layer of thin wooden shingles made of cypress. The shingles are about 0.3 cm-0.5 cm thick, 9 cm-15 cm wide, and about 30 cm long. The shingles are secured with bamboo nails. Sometimes cedar or persimmon wood is used.
Anrakuji Hakkaku sanjū-no-tō 安楽寺八角三重塔 (Nagano)