saiben rengemon　細弁蓮華文

KEY WORD :　architecture / roofing tiles

Lit. narrow petal lotus motif. A motif with as many as twelve or sixteen narrow petals found on some circular pendant tiles (*gatou 瓦当) that alternate with concave eave-end tiles (*nokihiragawara 軒平瓦). This motif did not occur before the latter half of the 7c. An example unearthed at Zenshouji 善正寺, Osaka, has twelve narrow lotus petals, each with a large leaf sprout background. (*tanben 単弁). Another example has sixteen petals, large leaf sprouts behind the petals, and twelve "seeds" in the center. It was found at Daianji 大安寺 ruins, in Nara.

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