The roof tiles positioned like hands joined in prayer covering the triangular framework of a Japanese roof structure. Broad…

A peak tile. A semi-cylindrical, elongated, barrel-shaped, hanging tile which covers the broad, concave, eave-end tiles *…

Lit. "male tile." Also written 雄瓦, called *fusegawara 伏瓦, tsutsugawara…

Lit. "male tile." A semi-cylindrical cover tile *marugawara …

A wooden board or an undecorated tile used in place of ogre face tiles *onigawara鬼瓦 at each…

Also called onigawaradai 鬼瓦台, oni-itadai 鬼板台. The base material on the ridge ends of the main roof of…

Lit. "goblin-tile."

1　The generic name for decorative roof tiles found at the ends of a main ridge *…

Lit. "jewelled edge."

1　The tip on the rear, narrow end of a half-round roof tile *…

A decorative motif used on the roof of a Japanese building. It consisted of a series of single petals with one leaf seedling…

A stylized lotus flower motif with eight petals. Although it is a relatively simple arrangement, unlike the *…

The valley or trough that forms when two sloping roofs meet.

1　A generic term for roof tiles used in the valley of a roof. Valleys are formed when the ridges of two…

Also called *mendo 面戸. The gap along both sides of the valley *…

A rafter pendant tile. A small tile formed to fit the shape of the cut end of a rafter *…

Also called tomebuta 留蓋; amabutagawara 雨蓋瓦; sumibutagawara 隅蓋瓦. A cover tile, usually…

Also nokitomoe 軒巴, *nokidomoegawara 軒巴瓦. A very…

1　Also tomoe 巴. A pattern of one or more curled tadpole shapes inside a circle. The pattern is…

Also tonehira 利根平, 刀根平.
The name given to the second of a pair of tiles composed of a semi-cylindrical tile *…

Also called tonemaru 利根丸, 刀根丸, onigiwa marugawara 鬼際丸瓦. This occurs when there is a drooping verge *…

Also written 鳥伏間. Also called toriyasumi 鳥休 (bird rest) or suzumegawara 雀瓦. A cylindrical bird perch tile…

A barrel shape or cylindrical shape. Example: *marugawara 丸瓦…

Also called *fusumagawara 伏間瓦. Lit. "dike tile." A slightly…