| Title | Contains Image(s) | Description | Keywords |
|---|---|---|---|
| nagamarugawara 長丸瓦 | Longer than standard semi-cylindrical roof tiles used as coping tiles *kasagawara… |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles | |
| nagayamono 長屋物 | The smallest of three standard sizes of roof tiles yanegawara 屋根瓦, used during the 17th-19th century. The… |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles | |
| naiku 内区 | ✓ | The inner section of the pendant *gatō 瓦当, attached to a semi-… |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles |
| namionigawara 波鬼瓦 | ✓ | An ogre tile with a wave pattern descending from its base to form legs ashimoto 足元, that divide over the gable of… |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles |
| nindō karakusamon 忍冬唐草文 | ✓ | Also suikazura karakusamon; also nindō karakusa 忍冬唐草. Lit. "honeysuckle arabesque pattern." A pattern used… |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles |
| ninohiragawara 二の平瓦 | ✓ | Broad, concave, roof tiles set directly above and slightly back from the broad, concave, pendant tiles *… |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles |
| noborinoki kakegawara 登軒掛瓦 | Lit. "ascending eave hanging tiles." The semi-cylindrical tiles *marugawara… |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles | |
| nokidomoegawara 軒巴瓦 | Also *nokimarugawara 軒丸瓦. A popular name for the semi-cylindrical eave-… |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles | |
| nokigawara 軒瓦 | 1 Also written 宇瓦. Eaves-end tiles. Roof tiles placed along an eaves line,… |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles | |
| nokihiragawara 軒平瓦 | ✓ | Also *karakusagawara 唐草瓦; *… |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles |
| nokimarugawara 軒丸瓦 | ✓ | A semi-cylindrical or half-round eave-end pendant tile. The pendant *gatō 瓦当, is… |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles |
| nokisakigawara 軒先瓦 | Broad concave eave-end tiles used along the edge of the roof eaves of timber dwellings or temples. | Architecture, Roofing Tiles | |
| noshigawara 熨斗瓦 | ✓ | Also noshizumigawara 熨斗積瓦. The ancient name was *tsutsumigawara… |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles |
| nunome-gawara 布目瓦 | A generic term for the textured impression found on the underside of a roof tile. The impression is left by the cloth placed… |
Architecture, 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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