Tatekaketou　建掛塔

KEY WORD :　architecture / buildings & structures

Lit. under construction pagoda. A pagoda at Kanshinji 観心寺 in Osaka that has only its first story. Kusunoki Masashige 楠木正成 (1298-1336), a supporter of Emperor Godaigo 後醍醐 (reigned 1318-39) vowed to build a three-storied pagoda in his honor. However, Kusunoki Masashige was killed by Ashikaga Takauji 足利尊氏 (1305-58), and Emperor Godaigo defeated, and thus the second and third stories were never built.

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