juuyousoben rengemon　十葉素弁蓮華文

KEY WORD :　architecture / decorations

The decorative pattern of a ten-petalled flower which is used on roof tiles, particularly on round eaves tiles *nokimarugawara 軒丸瓦. Juuyou (ten-leaf) refers to the number of petals, and *soben 素弁 (simple petal) refers to their plain, undecorated form. They have been found on the earliest Japanese roof tiles excavated from Asukadera 飛鳥寺, Houryuuji 法隆寺, late 6c in Nara. A similar design with nine petals is called kuyousoben rengemon 九葉素弁蓮華文, and with eight petals, hachiyousoben rengemon 八葉素弁蓮華文.

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*rengemon 蓮華文, *sobenrengemon 素弁蓮華文

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