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A type of decorative wooden beam-end cover *gegyo 懸魚, attached to the top of a Chinese-style gable *karahafu 唐破風. As the crest of the undulating gable is almost horizontal, the unokedooshi has a correspondingly flat shape, with symmetrical fins, hire 鰭 spreading out right and left. Unlike other gegyo, the unokedooshi has no metal foil *rokuyou 六葉. The oldest extant example in Japan can be seen on the miniature shrine, *zushi 厨子 (1284) in Houryuuji Shouryouin 法隆寺精霊院, Nara.
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