Furthermore, the tiles used at the time of construction which have been unearthed at Kawara-dera Temple have a very intricate design of eight flower petals split in two and are called 'double-petaled lotus flower design tiles', which later became mainstream in tile design.
）また、川原寺から出土する創建時の瓦は「複弁蓮花文瓦」と呼ばれる、8枚の花びらのそれぞれを2つに分けた形式の複雑なデザインのもので、これが以後の瓦文様の主流となった。