Karakusa Tower

…Among the temple treasures are the wooden standing statue of Jizo Bodhisattva and the paper-based ink inscription "Kissa Yojoki" (The Record of Drinking Tea and Health), both of which are important cultural properties. In the cemetery behind the temple, there is a "Karakusa Yagura" (a tower that houses a five-ringed pagoda, said to be a memorial tower for Minamoto no Sanetomo and Hojo Masako). [Keimura Fumio]…

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Karakusa Yagura" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…寺宝のうち木造地蔵菩薩立像，紙本墨書《喫茶養生記》は重要文化財。裏手の墓地には源実朝，北条政子の供養塔と称する五輪塔を納置した〈からくさやぐら〉がある。【圭室 文雄】。…

※「からくさやぐら」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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