noborinoki kakegawara 登軒掛瓦
KEY WORD : architecture / roofing tiles
 
Lit. ascending eave hanging tiles. The semi-cylindrical tiles *marugawara 丸瓦, and broad concave tiles, hiramarugawara 平丸瓦, laid from the bottom to the top along the upward curves of rooms on both sides of the gables *tsuma 妻, and bargeboards *hafu 破風. These tiles are also called *karakusagawara 唐草瓦, even if they are not decorated with arabesque patterns *karakusamon 唐草文.
 
 

 
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