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Architecture
Decorations
Also gyakurengashira 逆蓮頭. A type of carved decoration found on the tops of newel posts *kōran oyabashira 高欄親柱 of Zen style *Zenshūyō 禅宗様 railings. Its shape resembles a silk-floss bundle tied at the center *yuiwata 結綿, or an upside-down lotus blossom *gyakuren 逆蓮. Posts decorated in this way are known as gyakurenbashira 逆蓮柱.