Wooden stupa - Kyogitoba

Japanese: 経木塔婆 - きょうぎとうば

...Mochizuki Nobuyuki's "Encyclopedia of Buddhism" says that it is "also called bamboo stupa, thin stupa, or mokkan shakyo." Both bamboo stupa and thin stupa are pronounced "sasatoba," but nowadays they are often called wooden stupas or water stupas. They are mainly seen in the Kansai region, and have a five-ring-shaped inscription on the top, a sutra or Buddhist name written on them, and are immersed in water or washed away with prayers for the deceased's soul....

From [Stupa]

...Etymologically, it is a Chinese translation of stupa, a pagoda containing the remains of Shakyamuni Buddha, and in a broad sense it can refer to towers such as three-story, five-story, and thirteen-story pagodas, as well as five-ringed stone pagodas, but the meaning of sotoba in general today refers to wooden stupas. Wooden sotoba can be classified into square stupas, wooden stupas, and hegi stupas. Square stupas are mainly square stupas, and are used as grave markers at burials, or as memorial towers for temple openings, memorial services for the relocation of the Buddha, goma ceremonies, Segaki (gaki) ceremonies, and Nagare Kanjo (flowing kanjo) ceremonies. ...

*Some of the terminology used in reference to "Kojiro Stupa" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…望月信亨の《仏教大辞典》はこれを〈笹塔婆，細塔婆，或は木簡写経とも云ふ〉としている。笹塔婆，細塔婆はいずれも〈ささとうば〉と読むが，いまでは経木塔婆，水塔婆と呼ぶことが多い。おもに関西で見られるもので，上部に五輪形の刻みを入れて経文や法名を書き，故人の冥福を祈って水に浸したり流したりする。…

【卒塔婆】より

…語源的には釈迦仏の遺骨を収めた仏塔であるストゥーパが漢訳されたもので，広義には三重塔，五重塔，十三重塔などの塔や五輪石塔などをも指すが，今日一般に用いる卒塔婆の意は木製の塔婆を指す。木製卒塔婆には角塔婆，板塔婆，経木（へぎ）塔婆の別がある。角塔婆は主として四角塔婆であり，埋葬上の墓標として，あるいは寺堂の開帳や遷仏供養，護摩法要，施餓鬼，流れ灌頂などに供養塔として立てられる。…

※「経木塔婆」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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