| Title | Contains Image(s) | Description | Keywords |
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| 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 |
| kaben 花弁 | The band of lotus petals *renji 蓮子 which encircles the seed pod *… |
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| kake domoegawara 掛巴瓦 | Often abbreviated kake domoe 掛巴. The semi-cylindrical eave-end cover tiles, noki kakedomoe marugawara… |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles | |
| kake karakusagawara 掛唐草瓦 | A common term for the broad, concave eave-end pendant tiles that are placed along the gable overhang *… |
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| kakegawara 掛瓦 | A general term for tiles used to cover the bargeboard *hafu 破風 on a gable roof *… |
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| kanimendo gawara 蟹面戸瓦 | Also kanimendo 蟹面戸. Lit. crab filler tile. A crab-shaped tile used to cover the gap created by the junction of two… |
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| kanmurigawara 冠瓦 | Roof tiles stacked up on the ridge of a temple or castle roof. Also called *… |
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| karakusagawara 唐草瓦 | Lit. arabesque roof tile. Also *hanahiragawara 端平瓦.
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| kasagawara 笠瓦 | Coping tiles. Tiles used to cover the top of a fence or wall to prevent weathering. The fences may be made of wood, bamboo… |
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| kawara 瓦 | Lit. tile. The roofing material made of fired clay introduced to Japan from Korea (Paekche Kingdom, Jp: *… |
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| kawarabuki 瓦葺 | Also kawarabuki yane 瓦葺屋根, kawarayane 瓦屋根. Tile roofing. A roof covered with fired clay tiles usually… |
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| kawarabukishi 瓦葺師 | A craftsman who tiles roofs, especially in the area of Kawachinagano 河内長野, and in the vicinity of Osaka. |
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| kawarahisashi 瓦廂 | Also pronounced kawarabisashi. A tiled pent roof. The term is especially common in Hyōgo Prefecture where a smaller… |
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| kawarajakuri 瓦决 | Grooves made on roof timber, kawarazan 瓦桟, to prevent roof tiles from slipping. A wedge-shaped board *… | Architecture, Roofing Tiles | |
| kawarajiki 瓦敷 | A floor that consists of tiles placed over hard-pack earthen floor, especially common in Zen temples. When the tiles are set… |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles | |
| kawarajiri 瓦尻 | ✓ | Lit. the tail of a tile. The tail or upper end of a broad concave roof tile *… |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles |
| kawarakugi 瓦釘 | ✓ | Nails used to secure broad concave tiles *hiragawara 平瓦 and semi-… |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles |
| kawaramaki 瓦巻 | Lit. roof tiles that wrap around. Roof tiles used to cover the ridge of a farmhouse with a thatched roof, or a merchant's… |
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| kawaramune 瓦棟 | A tiled ridge on the roof of thatched vernacular houses *minka 民家. … |
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| kawaramuneage 瓦棟上げ | A ceremony to celebrate the completion of a tiled roof in the area of Ōita City, Ōita Prefecture. The senior craftsman, … |
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| kawaraya 瓦屋 | 1 A structure with a tile roof. See *kawarabuki 瓦葺. … |
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| kawarayane 瓦屋根 | Roofing material made of fired clay tiles, first introduced with the advent of Buddhism from the Paekche Kingdom (Jp: *… |
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| kawaraza 瓦座 | 1 A tile seat. A long timber rail on the sheathing which covers the rafters and eave support of a roof. The… |
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| kentōmon 剣頭文 | ✓ | Lit. sword tip motif. Also kentomoemon noki hiragawara 剣巴文軒平瓦. Also kenbishimon 剣菱文. The pendant *… |
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| kerabagawara 螻羽瓦 | ✓ | Also called *kake domoegawara 掛巴瓦; *… |
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| kigawara 木瓦 | Also pronounced kogawara. Wooden strips shaped to resemble traditional tile roofing *… |
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| kikkamon 菊花文 | ✓ | A stylized chrysanthemum pattern derived from the imperial crest used on the pendant *gatō… |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles |
| kikugawara 菊瓦 | ✓ | Also called kikumaru 菊丸, kikumarugawara 菊丸瓦, or kogiku 小菊. A tile decorated with a… |
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| kinsei karakusamon 均正唐草文 | ✓ | A perfectly balanced design around a symmetrical central motif. A type of arabesque found on the pendants *… |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles |
| kodomoe 小巴 | Also called komarugawara 小丸瓦. Eave-end, semi-cylindrical tiles *… |
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| kyoshimon 鋸歯文 | ✓ | Also called sen kyoshimon 線鋸歯文. Saw-tooth pattern. Kyoshimon includes the zigzag pattern *… |
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