| Title | Contains Image(s) | Description | Keywords |
|---|---|---|---|
| hachiyō fukuben rengemon 八葉複弁蓮華文 | A decorative stylized lotus-flower pattern, *rengemon 蓮華文, found on eaves… |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles | |
| hada noshigawara 肌熨斗瓦 | 1 The second layer of tiles that is curved and set at a same angle to the first layer of tiles, … |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles | |
| hamontai 波文帯 | Also called a zigzag motif *inazumamon 稲妻文 or a saw tooth pattern *… | Architecture, Roofing Tiles | |
| han-noshigawara 半熨斗瓦 | Rectangular ridge tiles with half the width of an ordinary ridge tile *noshigawara… |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles | |
| hanagawara 花瓦 | Also hashigawara 端瓦. Lit. flower tile. An edge or border tile originally, the word came to replace the more… |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles | |
| hanahiragawara 端平瓦 | A broad, concave end tile that alternates with an eave end semi-circular tile surmounted with a circular pendant *… |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles | |
| hanamarugawara 端丸瓦 | An old name for semi circular eave end tiles *nokimarugawara 軒丸瓦. Also… |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles | |
| hanasogawara はなそ瓦 | ✓ | A semi-circular convex tile with a pendant *gatō 瓦当, attached to… |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles |
| harigawara 張瓦 | Also written 貼瓦. Also called haritsukegawara 張付瓦 or 貼付瓦. Tiles applied to a wall. |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles | |
| henkō karakusamon 扁行唐草文 | ✓ | An asymmetric arabesque pattern. Most arabesque patterns have a centrally positioned motif *… |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles |
| hira karakusagawara 平唐草瓦 | Also called hira karakusa 平唐草. A broad concave eave-end tile *… |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles | |
| hiragawara 平瓦 | ✓ | Also called *megawara 女瓦 (female tile). One of the basic… |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles |
| hirasode kakugawara 平袖角瓦 | ✓ | Also sekigai sodekakugawara 積蓋袖角瓦. Lit. stacked, broad-sleeved angular cover tiles. The broad, concave pendant… |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles |
| hirasodegawara 平袖瓦 | ✓ | Also sekigai sodegawara 積蓋袖瓦. A broad, rectangular type of concave roof tile *… |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles |
| hiregawara 鰭瓦 | Lit. fish tile. The lower parts of ogre tiles *onigawara 鬼瓦 which extend… |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles | |
| hiunmon 飛雲文 | ✓ | Also *unmon 雲文, ryūunmon 流雲文. The flowing cloud motif on… |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles |
| hon-irakagawara 本甍瓦 | A general term for three basic tiles: irakadomoe 甍巴, a tile decorated with a comma shaped pattern *… |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles | |
| hongawarabuki 本瓦葺 | ✓ | A general term for a tile roof, especially one which is composed of relatively flat, broad, concave tiles *… |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles |
| hōsōge 宝相華 | 1 Also read hossōge, an abbreviation of hōsōgemon 宝相華文. Lit. precious flower. Hōsōge… |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles, Art History, Painting | |
| hōsōge karakusa 宝相華唐草 | 1 Abbreviation of hōsōge karakusamon 宝相華唐草文. A type of Chinese arabesque design *… |
Architecture, Decorations, Roofing Tiles | |
| marugawara 丸瓦 | ✓ | Also written 円瓦. Also called *ogawara 男瓦, especially in the 6th-… |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles |
| me-itagawara 目板瓦 | 1 A flat, rectangular roof tile with a small, semi-cylindrical tile attached. This combined tile is placed… |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles | |
| megawara 女瓦 | ✓ | Lit. "female tile." Also called migawara. Also written 雌瓦, or 牝瓦. A 7-12th century term for a broad concave roof… |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles |
| megegawara めげ瓦 | Tile fragments used to strengthen earthen kilns and mud fences. |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles | |
| mendogawara 面戸瓦 | ✓ | Filler or gap-fill tiles used to close or plug the openings along the base of the main ridge *… |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles |
| minokō kakegawara 箕甲掛瓦 | Roof tiles that are placed along the drooping verges; that is, tiles that extend beyond edges of the gables. |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles | |
| mizugaeshi 水返 | A small edge raised slightly to the left of the right edge an eave-end tile *… |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles | |
| mizukami 水上 | Architecture, Roofing Tiles | ||
| mizushimo 水下 | The lower or front end of the barrel part *dō 胴, of a half-round… |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles | |
| monjigawara 文字瓦 | Tile with a motif composed of kanji 漢字 characters that usually form the name of a temple. The use of character… |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles | |
| munakomigawara 棟込瓦 | ✓ | A general term for the rows of decorative tiles used along the ridge of a structure. The tiles have many patterns, for… |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles |
| munegawara 棟瓦 | Also read munagawara. Lit. "ridge tiles." A generic term for the tiles used to cover the apex of the roof.… |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles | |
| munesumigawara 棟隅瓦 | Lit. "tiles at the corners of the ridge." A generic term for the ogre tile *onigawara… |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles |
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