nokihiragawara　軒平瓦
KEY WORD :　architecture / roofing tiles
　
Also *karakusagawara 唐草瓦; *hanahiragawara 端平瓦. A broad, concave, eaves-end tile with a decorative pendant attached. It alternates with a half-round eaves-end tile which has a decorated circular disk pendant *gatou 瓦当 attached. See *nokigawara 軒瓦; *nokimarugawara 軒丸瓦. The nokihiragawara and the nokimarugawara are also placed along the edge of a roof which extends beyond the bargeboards of a hip-and-gable roof. For examples of patterns, see *nindou karakusamon 忍冬唐草文, *karakusamon 唐草文, *kentoumon 剣頭文, *sankoshomon 三鈷杵文, *tomoemon 巴文, *renjumon 連珠文.
　
Shourou
a) *nokimarugawara 軒丸瓦　b) nokihiragawara 軒平瓦
Houryuuji Touin Kairou 法隆寺東院回廊 (Kyoto)

　

　
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