| 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 | |
| tamabuchi 玉縁 | Lit. "jewelled edge." |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles, Gardens | |
| tanben 単弁 | A decorative motif used on the roof of a Japanese building. It consisted of a series of single petals with one leaf seedling… |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles | |
| tanben rengemon 単弁蓮華文 | ✓ | A stylized lotus flower motif with eight petals. Although it is a relatively simple arrangement, unlike the *… |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles |
| tani 谷 | The valley or trough that forms when two sloping roofs meet. |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles | |
| tanigawara 谷瓦 | 1 A generic term for roof tiles used in the valley of a roof. Valleys are formed when the ridges of two… |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles | |
| tanimendo 谷面戸 | Also called *mendo 面戸. The gap along both sides of the valley *… |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles | |
| tarukisaki gawara 垂木先瓦 | A rafter pendant tile. A small tile formed to fit the shape of the cut end of a rafter *… |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles | |
| tomebutagawara 留蓋瓦 | ✓ | Also called tomebuta 留蓋; amabutagawara 雨蓋瓦; sumibutagawara 隅蓋瓦. A cover tile, usually… |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles |
| tomoegawara 巴瓦 | ✓ | Also nokitomoe 軒巴, *nokidomoegawara 軒巴瓦. A very… |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles |
| tomoemon 巴文 | 1 Also tomoe 巴. A pattern of one or more curled tadpole shapes inside a circle. The pattern is… |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles, Painting, Art History | |
| tonehiragawara 利根平瓦 | Also tonehira 利根平, 刀根平. |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles | |
| tonemarugawara 利根丸瓦 | Also called tonemaru 利根丸, 刀根丸, onigiwa marugawara 鬼際丸瓦. This occurs when there is a drooping verge *… |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles | |
| toribusuma 鳥衾 | ✓ | Also written 鳥伏間. Also called toriyasumi 鳥休 (bird rest) or suzumegawara 雀瓦. A cylindrical bird perch tile… |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles |
| tsutsugata 筒形 | A barrel shape or cylindrical shape. Example: *marugawara 丸瓦… |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles | |
| tsutsumigawara 包み瓦 | Also called *fusumagawara 伏間瓦. Lit. "dike tile." A slightly… |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles |
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