unbokugata tourou 　雲卜形灯籠

KEY WORD :　architecture / lantern

A type of lantern. These six-sided lanterns are the same as the kasuga type, but they were carved by a stonemason by the name of Unboku. The most important example remains at Kasuga Taisha 春日大社 in Nara.

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*tourou 灯籠

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