page_title: Saimyō-ji (Kora)
section_title: Three-storied pagoda
hierarchical_section_title: Saimyō-ji (Kora) / Architecture / Three-storied pagoda
caption_attribution_description: English: Saimyō-ji's Three-storied Pagoda is a Japan's National Treasure in Kora, Shiga prefecture, Japan. 日本語: 西明寺 三重塔は国宝, 滋賀県甲良町
context_page_description: Saimyō-ji, also known as Kotō-sanzan Saimyōji or as Ryūōzan Saimyōji is a Buddhist temple of the Tendai sect in Kōra, Shiga Prefecture, Japan. Founded at the beginning of the ninth century by the 54th Emperor of Japan, the temple is dedicated to Yakushi Nyorai, the Buddha of healing. The complex includes several National Treasures and a garden designated as Place of Scenic Beauty of Japan.
context_section_description: The Saimyō-ji complex contains a 24 m (79 ft) tall, 3×3 ken three-storied pagoda (三重塔 sanjūnotō) in Japanese style. The carpenters from the Hida region who built it towards the end of the Kamakura period used only Japanese hinoki cypress wood and no nails.
  On the first floor of the building, murals by painters of the Kose school illustrate the Lotus Sutra, which is at the base of the religious corpus of the Tendai branch of Japanese Buddhism, and Dainichi Nyorai and his 32 attendants. They are the only extant Kamakura period murals.
  This monument, typical of the architectural style of the Kamakura period, has been classified as a National Treasure since 1952.
caption: Three-storied pagoda
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