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abumigawara 鐙瓦

Lit. stirrup tile. An ancient name for *nokimarugawara 軒丸瓦. Also called…

Architecture, Roofing Tiles
ashimotogawara 足元瓦

Also called *hire 鰭 or *hiregawara…

Architecture, Roofing Tiles
utsubogawara 靭瓦 ✓

Also called tanihiragawara 谷平瓦. Lit. "broad valley tile." A slightly concave tile used in the valley formed by the…

Architecture, Roofing Tiles

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JAANUS is the on-line Dictionary of Japanese Architectural and Art Historical Terminology compiled by Dr. Mary Neighbour Parent.

Originally built by the Atsumi International Scholarship Foundation, it is now hosted and maintained by the Media Center for Art History at Columbia University