suirin　水輪

KEY WORD :　architecture / gardens

Lit. water ring. The spherical second storey of the five-ring pagoda *gorintou 五輪塔. Suirin from stone five-storey pagodas gorin sekitou 五輪石塔 may be used as a water basin *mitatemono chouzubachi 見立物手水鉢, specifically for the teppatsugata chouzubachi 鉄鉢形手水鉢.

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