byoutou　廟塔

KEY WORD :　architecture / buildings & structures

Lit. mausoleum pagoda. 1　A pagoda constructed to enshrine a Buddhist image. 2　A five-sectioned stone pagoda, Gorintou 五輪塔, built during the Edo period. An example, the early 17c Byoutou located in Jigendou 慈眼堂 of Rinnouji 輪王寺 in Tochigi prefecture, is the tomb of the Buddhist priest Nankoubou Tenkai 南光坊天海 (1536-1643).

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*reibyou 霊廟

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