munazutsumi 棟包

Keywords
Architecture
General Terms

Also read munezutsumi.

1 A general term used to refer to any tile stacked high in layers on top of a roof ridge. See *hiwadabuki 桧皮葺.

2 A ceremony that celebrates the completion of a tile ridge. The rest of the roof is covered with cypress bark *hiwadabuki 桧皮葺, or thatch *kayabuki 茅葺.

Oomiwa Jinja Haiden 大神神社拝殿 (Nara)

Ōmiwa Jinja Haiden 大神神社拝殿 (Nara)