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ON THE OLDER FORMS OF 



with decoration in relief; the eaves imbrex is always closed 

 by a circular disc having in relief the Tokugawa crest, or 

 the crest of some Daimio (fig. 22). An eaves iml)rex is 

 shown in lig. 23. The usual tile in Tokio, as well as in 



Kioto, is a slight 

 modification of the 

 pan tile known as 

 theYedotile. This 

 tile liketheBelgian 

 form has one curved 

 and one flat sur- 

 face. The tiles of 

 this kind bordering 

 the eaves have, in 

 Fig- 24. one form, the plain 



flange, the lower edge of which, instead of following the 

 curve of the tile, is straight (fig. 24). Fig. 25 represents 

 a roof covered with this form of tile. In the usual form 

 of this tile, however, the eaves tile carries upon it an 



imitation of the eaves normal tile, the circular disc of the 

 imbrex portion projecting beyond that portion represent- 

 ing the tegula (fig. 26). In Nagasaki the pan tile border- 

 ing the edge of the gable is bent abruptly downward. 



