Yakuoin Temple Five-Ring Stupa

A Stone Stupa of the Early Muromachi Period

The Yakuoin Temple Five-Ring Stupa (薬王院五輪塔) is a stone five-ring stupa of the early Muromachi period in Yakuoin Temple in Yamashiro Onsen, Kaga City, Ishikawa Prefecture, and was designated an Important Cultural Property on February 19, 1957 (Agency for Cultural Affairs).

The Agency records a stone five-ring stupa (gorinto); designation number 01393.

A Stone Stupa of the Early Muromachi Period

The Yakuoin Five-Ring Stupa stands at Yakuoin Temple in Yamashiro Onsen, Kaga City, and dates from the early Muromachi period; it was designated an Important Cultural Property in 1957 (Agency for Cultural Affairs).

A five-ring stupa stacks five stones representing, from the bottom, earth, water, fire, wind and void.

Why It Is an Important Cultural Property

It is designated as a structure, a stone stupa of the early Muromachi period, which overlaps the era of the Northern and Southern Courts (Agency for Cultural Affairs).

What to Look For

Look for the form of an early Muromachi stupa, with its five stacked stones (Agency for Cultural Affairs).

Visiting

The stupa stands within Yakuoin Temple. No official information on visiting was found; check with the temple.