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edogawara 江戸瓦

An archaic term for tiles of low quality used in Edo (now Tokyo) during the Edo period to roof tenement houses *…

Architecture, Roofing Tiles
engatō 円瓦当

Also called *gatō 瓦当. The circular pendant tiles attached to semi-circular…

Architecture, Roofing Tiles
gaiku 外区 ✓

The section of a pendant *gatō 瓦当, outside the lotus flower motif, on a semi…

Architecture, Roofing Tiles
ganburigawara 雁振瓦 ✓

Also called *kanmurigawara 冠瓦, *…

Architecture, Roofing Tiles
gatō mon'yō 瓦当文様 ✓

Patterns, motifs, designs applied to the circular antefixes *gatō 瓦当 on semi…

Architecture, Roofing Tiles
gatō 瓦当 ✓

1 Eave-end tiles with a circular or semi-circular ornamental pendant. Gatō were brought to Japan…

Architecture, Roofing Tiles
gyōgibuki gawara 行基葺瓦 ✓

A type of smooth, lipless, semi-cylindrical cover tile that tapers from its broader front end to a narrower back end.…

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