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Also called *gatou Š’“–. The circular pendant tiles attached to semi-circular convex eave-end tiles *nokimarugawara Œ¬ŠΫŠ’. In ancient China but very rarely in Japan, there were also semi-circular gatou. The term engatou is only used for the circular pendant but gatou can be used for either the pendant on a circular tile or on the broad concave tile called *nokihiragawara Œ¬•½Š’.
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