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Title Contains Image(s) Description Keywords
kaben 花弁

The band of lotus petals *renji 蓮子 which encircles the seed pod *…

Architecture, Roofing Tiles
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 *…

Architecture, Roofing Tiles
kakegawara 掛瓦

A general term for tiles used to cover the bargeboard *hafu 破風 on a gable roof *…

Architecture, Roofing Tiles
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…

Architecture, Roofing Tiles
kanmurigawara 冠瓦

Roof tiles stacked up on the ridge of a temple or castle roof. Also called *…

Architecture, Roofing Tiles
karakusagawara 唐草瓦

Lit. arabesque roof tile. Also *hanahiragawara 端平瓦.


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Architecture, Roofing Tiles
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…

Architecture, Roofing Tiles
kawara 瓦

Lit. tile. The roofing material made of fired clay introduced to Japan from Korea (Paekche Kingdom, Jp: *…

Architecture, Roofing Tiles
kawarabuki 瓦葺

Also kawarabuki yane 瓦葺屋根, kawarayane 瓦屋根. Tile roofing. A roof covered with fired clay tiles usually…

Architecture, Roofing Tiles
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.

Architecture, Roofing Tiles
kawarahisashi 瓦廂

Also pronounced kawarabisashi. A tiled pent roof. The term is especially common in Hyōgo Prefecture where a smaller…

Architecture, Roofing Tiles
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…

Architecture, Roofing Tiles
kawaramune 瓦棟

A tiled ridge on the roof of thatched vernacular houses *minka 民家. …

Architecture, Roofing Tiles
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, …

Architecture, Roofing Tiles
kawaraya 瓦屋

1 A structure with a tile roof. See *kawarabuki 瓦葺.

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Architecture, Roofing Tiles
kawarayane 瓦屋根

Roofing material made of fired clay tiles, first introduced with the advent of Buddhism from the Paekche Kingdom (Jp: *…

Architecture, Roofing Tiles
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…

Architecture, Roofing Tiles
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 *…

Architecture, Roofing Tiles
kerabagawara 螻羽瓦 ✓

Also called *kake domoegawara 掛巴瓦; *…

Architecture, Roofing Tiles
kigawara 木瓦

Also pronounced kogawara. Wooden strips shaped to resemble traditional tile roofing *…

Architecture, Roofing Tiles
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…

Architecture, Roofing Tiles
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 *…

Architecture, Roofing Tiles
kyoshimon 鋸歯文 ✓

Also called sen kyoshimon 線鋸歯文. Saw-tooth pattern. Kyoshimon includes the zigzag pattern *…

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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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