| Also written ΉΤ. Also called toriyasumi Ήx: bird rest or suzumegawara ’. A cylindrical bird perch tile which has
a strong upward curve and is placed on top of an ogre tile *onigawara S’. They are placed at the ends of a main ridge *oomune ε, on corner ridges sumimune χ or on descending ridges *kudarimune ~. One is also placed on *chigomune t, offspring ridge, the shorter and outer-end ridge when the corner ridge is
divided in two by a long corner ridge *sumikudarimune χ~. Toribusuma have a decorative pendant tile *gatou ’ at the front end. The upper surface has minimal to exaggerated curves. The
under side that reaches from the pendant tile inward is called a chin, ago {. Toribusuma were short in the early periods, but from the 15c the length
and upward curvature increased radically. |
