Also kazunemaru 重ね丸. An interjacent tile. A section of a semi-cylindrical roof tile laid between the first broad…

Lit. torso, trunk, cylinder, or barrel. The main body of the half-round or semi-cylindrical part of a cover tile, *…

Also written 円瓦. Also called *ogawara 男瓦, especially in the 6th-…

1　A flat, rectangular roof tile with a small, semi-cylindrical tile attached. This combined tile is placed…

Lit. "female tile." Also called migawara. Also written 雌瓦, or 牝瓦. A 7-12th century term for a broad concave roof…

Tile fragments used to strengthen earthen kilns and mud fences.

Filler or gap-fill tiles used to close or plug the openings along the base of the main ridge *…

Roof tiles that are placed along the drooping verges; that is, tiles that extend beyond edges of the gables.

A small edge raised slightly to the left of the right edge an eave-end tile *…

The barrel part *dō 胴, of a half-round roofing tile *…

The lower or front end of the barrel part *dō 胴, of a half-round…

Tile with a motif composed of kanji 漢字 characters that usually form the name of a temple. The use of character…

A general term for the rows of decorative tiles used along the ridge of a structure. The tiles have many patterns, for…

Also read munagawara. Lit. "ridge tiles." A generic term for the tiles used to cover the apex of the roof.…

Lit. "tiles at the corners of the ridge." A generic term for the ogre tile *onigawara…