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chigomunekawara 稚児棟瓦 ✓

Roof tiles used to make the offspring ridge *chigomune 稚児棟, a short…

Architecture, Roofing Tiles
chūbō 中房

The central, circular part of a round, eave-end, pendant tile *gatō 瓦当…

Architecture, Roofing Tiles
wachigaigawara 輪違瓦 ✓

Also tsumegawara 爪瓦. A row of narrow tile pieces cut crosswise from semi-cylindrical tiles *…

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