| Title | Contains Image(s) | Description | Keywords |
|---|---|---|---|
| ichi no oni 一の鬼 | ✓ | The ogre-face tile *onigawara 鬼瓦, placed at the ends of offspring ridges *… |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles |
| ichimonji gawara 一文字瓦 | 1 Also called ichimonji nokigawara 一文字軒瓦; ichimonji karakusagawara 一文字唐草瓦. A type of… |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles | |
| iraka 甍 | 1 A general term for the special tiles used at the base of a roof ridge. 2 A name… |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles | |
| irakagawara 甍瓦 | ✓ | Also called irakamune 甍棟; hon irakagawara 本甍瓦. The roof tiles that form the lowest part of the stack of… |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles |
| itomarugawara 糸丸瓦 | The smallest semi-circular tile, with a diameter of 7.5 cm. An eave end tile of this size decorated with a comma pattern is… |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles | |
| saiben rengemon 細弁蓮華文 | Lit. "narrow petal lotus motif." A motif with as many as twelve or sixteen narrow petals found on some circular pendant… |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles | |
| sangawara 桟瓦 | ✓ | A pantile that combines a broad concave tile *hiragawara 平瓦 and a semi-cylindrical… | Architecture, Roofing Tiles |
| sangawarabuki 桟瓦葺 | ✓ | Also called jigawara 地瓦 because it is a base tile; and kanryakugawara 簡略瓦 because it combines a broad… |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles |
| sankoshomon 三鈷杵文 | Lit. "three-prong pounder motif." Also called *kongōsho 金剛杵 (vajra pounder,… |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles | |
| sansaiyū gawara 三彩釉瓦 | Roof tiles glazed with more than two colors included various tones of brown, yellow and green which were the most commonly… |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles | |
| shikigawara 敷瓦 | 1 Also written 甃. Also called *shikihiragawara 敷平瓦, shikihira… |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles | |
| shikihiragawara 敷平瓦 | ✓ | Also nokishikigawara 軒敷瓦. An under-tile. A broad, concave tile laid underneath a broad concave eave-end pendant… |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles |
| shimotai 下帯 | Also pronounced getai. The lower, flat or slanted part of the rim on a broad, concave eave-end tile *… |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles | |
| shioyakigawara 塩焼瓦 | Lit. "salt glazed tile." A process used to frost-proof roofing tiles. A small quantity of salt is thrown on to the… |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles | |
| shishiguchi 獅子口 | 1 Lit. "lion-mouth tile." An ornamental tile placed on each end of a main ridge, instead of the more common… |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles, Art History, Sculpture | |
| shūen 周縁 | The upper and lower rim on a broad, concave, eave-end tile *nokihiragawara… |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles | |
| shumon 珠文 | ✓ | A raised bead, nipple or seed motif that became a common part of the decoration on the pendant tiles *… |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles |
| soben rengemon 素弁蓮華文 | ✓ | A plain, single-petaled, stylized lotus pattern found on the pendant *gatō… |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles |
| soben 素弁 | Plain, unembellished flower petals used especially to decorate the pendants *gatō… |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles | |
| sodemarugawara 袖丸瓦 | ✓ | Also sodegawara 袖瓦, *tonemarugawara 利根丸瓦, tonegawara… |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles |
| sokutai 側帯 | Also called wakiku 脇区. The borders on the ends of the pendants *gatō… |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles | |
| suhama onigawara 州浜鬼瓦 | ✓ | Also written 須浜鬼瓦, also suhamagata onigawara 州浜形鬼瓦 or suhama 州浜. A dumbbell-shaped tile that is bent in… |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles |
| sumaru 素丸 | A term used by tile makers and setters instead of *marugawara 丸瓦, meaning a… |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles | |
| sumi karakusagawara 隅唐草瓦 | Also nokisumigawara 軒隅瓦. Broad concave pendant tiles used at the eave ends of hip rafters *… |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles | |
| sumidomoe 隅巴 | Also called honsumigawara 本隅瓦; sumi tomoegawara 隅巴瓦. A half-round, corner, eave-end, pendant tile; also… |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles | |
| sumigawara 墨瓦 | ✓ | Also called corner eave tiles, noki-no-sumigawara 軒の隅瓦. A general term for the tiles used at the corner of a… |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles |
| sumigi futagawara 隅木蓋瓦 | ✓ | A long, narrow, rectangular tile cover used to protect the edge of a hip rafter from weathering. It is conjectured that… |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles |
| sumigisaki gawara 隅木先瓦 | Decorative clay tiles shaped to fit snugly over the crosscut, exposed end of a hip rafter, sumigi daruki 隅木垂木. The… |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles | |
| sumimendo gawara 隅面戸瓦 | Also sumimendo 隅面戸. A roof tile fillet. An asymmetric fillet positioned below the corner descending ridge *… |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles |
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