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Architecture
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Lit. "side gable pendant." Also *kudarigegyo 降懸魚, *ketakakushi 桁隠, ketakakushi gegyo 桁隠懸魚, keta eburi-ita 桁惠振板. A decorative gable pendant *gegyo 懸魚 used to conceal and protect the ends of purlins in a gable roof. Wakigegyo appear right and left below the bargeboard; a gable pendant placed at the top center of the bargeboard covering the ridge piece is known as *omogegyo 本懸魚.