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dakimarugawara 抱丸瓦

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

Architecture, Roofing Tiles
dō 胴

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

Architecture, Roofing Tiles
yaguramono 櫓物

The largest sized roof tile used to connect the turret corridors *watari yagura…

Architecture, Roofing Tiles
yakugawara 役瓦

A generic term for all types of roof tiles which serve a special purpose. These tiles include: sleeve tiles *…

Architecture, Roofing Tiles
yukidome 雪止め

Lit. "a snow stop." 
1 A curved handle-like piece attached to the broad concave parts of a pantile…

Architecture, Roofing Tiles
yūyakugawara 釉薬瓦

A generic term for glazed roof or wall 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