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Title Contains Image(s) Description Keywords
bonjimon 梵字文 ✓

Lit. Sanskrit motif. A Sanskrit character, bonji 梵字, that decorates pendants *…

Architecture, Roofing Tiles
botan karakusa 牡丹唐草

1 Abbreviation of botan karakusagawara 牡丹唐草瓦. A roof tile, often an eaves-end tile, whose pendant…

Architecture, Roofing Tiles, Painting, Art History
budō karakusamon 葡萄唐草文 ✓

Also abbreviated to *budō karakusa 葡萄唐草. A grape-patterned arabesque used…

Architecture, Roofing Tiles
ichi no oni 一の鬼 ✓

The ogre-face tile *onigawara 鬼瓦, placed at the ends of offspring ridges *…

Architecture, Roofing Tiles
ichimonji gawara 一文字瓦

1 Also called ichimonji nokigawara 一文字軒瓦; ichimonji karakusagawara 一文字唐草瓦. A type of…

Architecture, Roofing Tiles
iraka 甍

1 A general term for the special tiles used at the base of a roof ridge.

2 A name…

Architecture, Roofing Tiles
irakagawara 甍瓦 ✓

Also called irakamune 甍棟; hon irakagawara 本甍瓦. The roof tiles that form the lowest part of the stack of…

Architecture, Roofing Tiles
itomarugawara 糸丸瓦

The smallest semi-circular tile, with a diameter of 7.5 cm. An eave end tile of this size decorated with a comma pattern is…

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