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tarukisaki gawara@‚–ΨζŠ’
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A rafter pendant tile. A small tile formed to fit the shape of the cut end of a rafter *taruki ‚–Ψ, whether circular, square or oval. They are made of metal or glazed clay. The tiles are attached to the rafter end by a nail, hammered through a hole made in the tile for this purpose. Tarukisaki gawara are both decorative and functional, in that they protect the cut ends of rafters. Widely used in ancient times, Asuka period (538-645) rafter pendant tiles bear a single lotus-petal motif *soben rengemon ‘f•Ω˜@‰Ψ•Ά. The center of this motif either contains just the nail hole, or may be surrounded by a seed motif *shumon Žμ•Ά. From the latter half of the 7c, an eight-petalled lotus motif with added leaf sprout *tanben rengemon ’P•Ω˜@‰Ψ•Ά and a double-petalled motif with leaf sprouts *fukuben rengemon •‘•Ω˜@‰Ψ•Ά became common patterns. Also, tarukisaki gawara decorated with the flower-like motif *housouge •σ‘Š‰Ψ and an interlaced pattern have been recovered from Naraikeji “θ’rŽ› site, Nara, and from Hourinji –@—ΤŽ›, Nara. It appears that in the 8c double rafters were used, with round pendant tiles on the base rafters *jidaruki ’n‚–Ψ and square ones on the flying rafters *hien daruki ”ςžχ‚–Ψ. Some of these tiles were glazed in several colors. An example of a square tile, glazed brown, green, and white, was found at Saidaiji Ό‘εŽ›, Nara. Exquisite metal rafter end covers from the Asuka period can be seen on the Tamamushi miniature shrine, *Tamamishi no zushi ‹Κ’Ž~Žq (mid 7c) at Houryuuji –@—²Ž›, Nara. Examples of Metal tile-end covers from full-scale structures include square tiles from the lecture hall Koudou u“° at Yakushiji –ςŽtŽ›, Nara, and the five storied pagoda Gojuu-no-tou Œάd“ƒat Houryuuji, and circular tiles from Zenshouji ‘P³Ž›, Osaka.
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