katou　火灯

KEY WORD :　architecture / decorations

Also written 花頭, 華頭, 架灯. A shape used for windows in Zen style architecture *zenshuuyou 禅宗様. It has an ogee-type pointed top flanked by S-shaped curves.

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*katoumado 火灯窓

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