Also written 円瓦. Also called *ogawara 男瓦, especially in the 6th-…

1　A flat, rectangular roof tile with a small, semi-cylindrical tile attached. This combined tile is placed…

Lit. "female tile." Also called migawara. Also written 雌瓦, or 牝瓦. A 7-12th century term for a broad concave roof…

Tile fragments used to strengthen earthen kilns and mud fences.

Filler or gap-fill tiles used to close or plug the openings along the base of the main ridge *…

Roof tiles that are placed along the drooping verges; that is, tiles that extend beyond edges of the gables.

A small edge raised slightly to the left of the right edge an eave-end tile *…

The barrel part *dō 胴, of a half-round roofing tile *…

The lower or front end of the barrel part *dō 胴, of a half-round…

Tile with a motif composed of kanji 漢字 characters that usually form the name of a temple. The use of character…

A general term for the rows of decorative tiles used along the ridge of a structure. The tiles have many patterns, for…

Also read munagawara. Lit. "ridge tiles." A generic term for the tiles used to cover the apex of the roof.…

Lit. "tiles at the corners of the ridge." A generic term for the ogre tile *onigawara…

Lit. "lotus petal."
1　A pendant *gatō 瓦当, found on semi-…

Raised dots or bead-like forms that represent the seeds in a stylized lotus flower pattern decorating many pendant tiles *…

Lit. "lapis lazuli tile." A tile to which a blue glaze ruriyū 瑠璃釉 has been applied. The glaze is made from…

Lit. "green-glazed roof tiles." A decorative green glaze is applied to the pendants *gatō…