kuyoutou　供養塔

KEY WORD :　architecture / buildings & structures

A memorial pagoda, for which there is no particular shape or size. Kuyoutou is an offering of worldly goods such as drink or food to a deceased person who may have been a teacher, monk or other honored person. Kuyoutou also refers to a commemorative service given when a temple building is finished or when the copying of a sutra is completed.

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