kyou-no-maki 経の巻
KEY WORD : architecture / decorations
 
Lit. sutra scrolls. Three or five cylindrical tiles found at the top of a lion-mouth roof *shishiguchi 獅子口. These tiles decorate the end of a ridge.
   
 
a) kyou-no-maki 経の巻 b) *ayasuji 綾筋

 
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