hachiyou fukuben rengemon 八葉複弁蓮華文
KEY WORD : architecture / roofing tiles
 
A decorative stylized lotus-flower pattern *rengemon 蓮華文, found on eaves tiles of the late Nara period. It developed as a more elaborate version of *tanben rengemon 単弁蓮華文. Eight petals surround a central motif of a seed pod containing seeds. Each petal is decorated with two small leaf sprouts shiyou 子葉. The entire flower is surrounded by a circular rim decorated with a dog-tooth pattern, senkyoshimon 線鋸歯文.
 
 

 
REFERENCES:
*fukuben rengemon 複弁蓮華文
EXTERNAL LINKS: 
  
NOTES
 

(C)2001 Japanese Architecture and Art Net Users System. No reproduction or republication without written permission.
掲載のテキスト・写真・イラストなど、全てのコンテンツの無断複製・転載を禁じます。