Lit. "ascending eave hanging tiles." The semi-cylindrical tiles *marugawara…

Also *nokimarugawara 軒丸瓦. A popular name for the semi-cylindrical eave-…

1　Also written 宇瓦. Eaves-end tiles. Roof tiles placed along an eaves line,…

Also *karakusagawara 唐草瓦; *…

A semi-cylindrical or half-round eave-end pendant tile. The pendant *gatō 瓦当, is…

Also noshizumigawara 熨斗積瓦. The ancient name was *tsutsumigawara…

A generic term for the textured impression found on the underside of a roof tile. The impression is left by the cloth placed…

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. "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…

Lit. "narrow petal lotus motif." A motif with as many as twelve or sixteen narrow petals found on some circular pendant…

Also called jigawara 地瓦 because it is a base tile; and kanryakugawara 簡略瓦 because it combines a broad…

Lit. "three-prong pounder motif." Also called *kongōsho 金剛杵 (vajra pounder,…

Roof tiles glazed with more than two colors included various tones of brown, yellow and green which were the most commonly…

1　Also written 甃. Also called *shikihiragawara 敷平瓦, shikihira…

Also nokishikigawara 軒敷瓦. An under-tile. A broad, concave tile laid underneath a broad concave eave-end pendant…

Also pronounced getai. The lower, flat or slanted part of the rim on a broad, concave eave-end tile *…

Lit. "salt glazed tile." A process used to frost-proof roofing tiles. A small quantity of salt is thrown on to the…

1　Lit. "lion-mouth tile." An ornamental tile placed on each end of a main ridge, instead of the more common…

The upper and lower rim on a broad, concave, eave-end tile *nokihiragawara…

A raised bead, nipple or seed motif that became a common part of the decoration on the pendant tiles *…

A plain, single-petaled, stylized lotus pattern found on the pendant *gatō…

Plain, unembellished flower petals used especially to decorate the pendants *gatō…

Also sodegawara 袖瓦, *tonemarugawara 利根丸瓦, tonegawara…

Also called wakiku 脇区. The borders on the ends of the pendants *gatō…

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…

A term used by tile makers and setters instead of *marugawara 丸瓦, meaning a…

Also nokisumigawara 軒隅瓦. Broad concave pendant tiles used at the eave ends of hip rafters *…

Also called honsumigawara 本隅瓦; sumi tomoegawara 隅巴瓦. A half-round, corner, eave-end, pendant tile; also…

Also called corner eave tiles, noki-no-sumigawara 軒の隅瓦. A general term for the tiles used at the corner of a…

A long, narrow, rectangular tile cover used to protect the edge of a hip rafter from weathering. It is conjectured that…

Decorative clay tiles shaped to fit snugly over the crosscut, exposed end of a hip rafter, sumigi daruki 隅木垂木. The…

Also sumimendo 隅面戸. A roof tile fillet. An asymmetric fillet positioned below the corner descending 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…

Also called tanihiragawara 谷平瓦. Lit. "broad valley tile." A slightly concave tile used in the valley formed by the…

Also tsumegawara 爪瓦. A row of narrow tile pieces cut crosswise from semi-cylindrical tiles *…

The largest sized roof tile used to connect the turret corridors *watari yagura…

A generic term for all types of roof tiles which serve a special purpose. These tiles include: sleeve tiles *…

Lit. "a snow stop." 
1　A curved handle-like piece attached to the broad concave parts of a pantile…

A generic term for glazed roof or wall tiles.