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traditional roof
屋根 yane


D 261 377
roof of the Kyôto Imperial Palace

merchant houses in Ise
D 299 134
merchant houses - Ise City
roof / home decor
D 299 135
merchant houses - Ise  (2)
roof / home decor

D 299 137
merchant houses - Ise  (3)
roof / home decor
D 299 136
merchant houses - Ise  (4)
roof / home decor

D 236 674
traditional houses - former post station Seki / Tôkaidô
roof / home decor
D 236 673
traditional houses - Seki / Tôkaidô  (2)
roof / home decor

D 236 672
traditional houses - Seki / Tôkaidô  (3)
roof / home decor

Lagerhäuser in Kurashiki
D 244 687
Ôhara Museum of Art - Nebengebäude - Kurashiki City
roof / home decor
D 244 688
Ôhara Museum of Art  - Kurashiki  (2)
roof / home decor

D 301 624
Ôhara Museum of Art  - Kurashiki  (3)
roof / home decor
D 301 622
Ôhara Museum of Art  - Kurashiki  (4)
roof / home decor
D 301 621
Ôhara Museum of Art - Kurashiki  (5)
roof / home decor

graveyard of the feudal rulers in Iwakuni
D 267 557
graveyard - Iwakuni City
roof / home decor
D 267 562
graveyard - Iwakuni  (2)
roof / home decor

roofer at work in Kyôto
D 245 573
roofer - Yawatashi / Kyôto
roof / home decor
D 241 574
roofer - Yawatashi / Kyôto  (2)
roof / home decor

talisman on roof + end tile on the roof ridge = onigawara 鬼瓦
often, but not always with the face of an ogre
J 261 006
onigawara = ogre tile
roof / home decor
J 261 007
onigawara - Tenryû-ji temple  (2)
roof / home decor

D 212 322
talisman on the temple roof / Yushima-seidô - Tôkyô
roof / home decor
J 258 172
talisman / Yushima-seidô - Tôkyô  (2)
roof / home decor

D 235 931
onigawara / lion - Shôno / Tôkaidô
roof / home decor



D 230 203
fish tile on the roof = symbol of water and fire prevention - Yoshida / Tôkaidô
roof / home decor

J 221 138a
onigawara - Enryaku-ji temple - Kyôto
roof / home decor

D 235 932
lion - Shôno
roof / home decor

D 236 663
onigawara with tiger - Seki
roof / home decor

D 235 985
onigawara mit Sieben-Glücksgötter-Motiv - Kameyama / Tôkaidô
roof / home decor
D 235 983
onigawara with seven lucky gods - Kameyama / Tôkaidô
roof / home decor

J 219 167
onigawara with demon - Daitoku-ji temple
roof / home decor
D 211 229
temple roof / Sôun-ji temple - Hakone / Tôkaidô
roof / home decor

D 233 293
demon on temple roof - Chiryû / Tôkaidô
roof / home decor