Nine-story pagoda - Kuju-no-to

…A tower usually consists of three parts: the tower base, the tower body, and the base, and the tower base is further composed of a crown such as a jewel or halo, a spire, and a lotus flower. According to descriptions in documents from the Northern and Southern Dynasties and depictions of rock caves, the mainstream at the time was wooden towers, and the nine-story tower (Yongning Temple Tower) of Yongning Temple in Luoyang during the Northern Wei period is particularly famous. In addition to wooden towers, many brick towers were also built during the Sui and Tang dynasties, and square towers seem to have been the mainstream. The dense-roofed brick towers that appeared during the Northern and Southern Dynasties also gradually became quite common. …

*Some of the terminology used in reference to the "Kunotori Pagoda" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…塔は，通常，塔刹（とうさつ），塔身，基座の3部からなり，塔刹は，さらに宝珠･円光などの刹頂，相輪，仏蓮などから構成される。南北朝時代の文献の記述や石窟の表現によると，当時主流をなしたのは楼閣式の木塔で，とりわけ北魏洛陽の永寧寺九重塔(永寧寺塔)は史上に名高い。隋･唐時代には木塔のほか，塼塔も数多く建設され，方形が主流を占めたらしく，また南北朝には出現した密檐式塼塔もしだいにかなり普遍化した。…

※「九重塔」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。

出典｜株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第２版について | 情報