Something Ive only seen a few times, and always on the Pacific Coast, is plaster used, Im guessing, to hold the rooftiles together.
I'm guessing that it is to prevent damage during typhoons.
I'm guessing that it is to prevent damage during typhoons.
The place I saw it is most was on the island of Iwaishima off the coast of yamaguchi, where all theses photos were taken
It does make for some interesting patterns though....
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I hear the colored kawara tiles of 元興寺 in
ReplyDeleteNara are also quite famous - was told at the entrance they were made by Korean engineers at the time of Prince Shotoku. I think the guy also said the original Kawara were still somewhere in the temple complex (if tiles survive that long).