kirigegyo 切懸魚
KEY WORD : architecture / decorations
 
Lit. cut bargeboard pendant.

1 A gable pendant *gegyo 懸魚 with a simple outline formed by six straight lines. Used on small gables.


2 Also *karimata gegyo 雁股懸魚. A gable pendant *gegyo 懸魚 with the base opened in two prongs like an arrowhead.
 
 

 
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