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Title Contains Image(s) Description Keywords
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
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