Japan Ceramic Roof Tile – Large Antique Temple Kawara

Description Tiled roofs (hongawarabuki) are a distinguishing feature of most Japanese homes, as well as Buddhist temples, Shinto (native religion of Japan) shrines and many other types of old buildings. Kawara is the word the Japanese use to describe roof tiles in general, though there are in fact many styles and types of tiles with regional variations, and a large and specialized vocabulary is used to describe these. Japanese roof tiles are typically very well made and often outlive their …

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2 Responses to “Japan Ceramic Roof Tile – Large Antique Temple Kawara”

  1. credenza1 says:

    Lovely piece of …
    Lovely piece of work.

  2. Peekingduck says:

    Wow!
    That’s really …

    Wow!
    That’s really nice.

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