伏ふく鉢ばち

noun

fukubachi; inverted bowl atop a pagoda finial

Architectural term for the bowl-shaped element on a pagoda's spire (sōrin).

• 五重塔ごじゅうのとうの相そう輪りんには伏ふく鉢ばちがある。

  The finial of a five-story pagoda has a fukubachi.