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A pagoda's size is measured in ken, where a ken is the interval between two pillars of a traditional-style building. A tahōtō for example can be either 5x5 ken or 3x3 ken. [4] The word is usually translated in English as "bay" and is better understood as an indication of proportions than as a unit of measurement.
Like all Japanese pagodas, the tahōtō is topped by a vertical shaft known as the sōrin (相輪). [16] This comprises the base or 'dew basin'; an inverted bowl with attached lotus petals; nine rings; 'water flame'; and jewel. [16] The finial's division in sections has a symbolic meaning and its structure as a whole itself represents a pagoda ...
Usually made in stone and occasionally metal or wood, hōkyōintō started to be made in their present form during the Kamakura period [1] (1185–1333). Like a gorintō, they are divided in five main sections called (from the bottom up) kaeribanaza (反花座), or "inverted flower seat", kiso (基礎), or base, tōshin (塔身), or body, kasa (笠), or umbrella, and sōrin (相輪), or pagoda ...
In some countries, the term may refer to other religious structures. In Vietnam and Cambodia, due to French translation, the English term pagoda is a more generic term referring to a place of worship, although pagoda is not an accurate word to describe a Buddhist vihāra. The architectural structure of the stupa has spread across Asia, taking ...
The sōrin (相輪, lit. alternate rings) is the vertical shaft which tops a Japanese pagoda, whether made of stone or wood. [1] [note 1] The sōrin of a wooden pagoda is usually made of bronze and can be over 10 meters tall. [2] That of a stone pagoda is also of stone and less than a meter long.
Gorintō (五輪塔) ("five-ringed tower") is a Japanese type of Buddhist pagoda believed to have been first adopted by the Shingon and Tendai sects during the mid Heian period. [1] It is used for memorial or funerary purposes [2] and is therefore common in Buddhist temples and cemeteries.
The Japanese page on the architecture of the 5-tier pagoda of Japan contains sections about the debated reason behind pagodas' quake-resistance – one of the two theories is the Shinbashira, and also lists the types of styles in which the Shinbashira is employed in the building of the structure. Shinbashira (Tenrikyo)
The Yasaka Pagoda (Japanese: 八坂の塔, romanized: Yasaka-no-to), also known as the Tower of Yasaka, is a Buddhist pagoda located in Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto, Japan. [1] The 5-story tall pagoda is the last remaining structure of a 6th-century temple complex known as Hōkan-ji (法観寺). [2] [3] The pagoda is now a tourist attraction. [4]