Thirteen-Storey Stone Pagoda

A Stone Pagoda of 1298 in a Village Cemetery

The Thirteen-Storey Stone Pagoda (十三重塔) is a thirteen-storey pagoda of stone of 1298 in Kamocho Tsuji, Kizugawa City, Kyoto Prefecture, and was designated an Important Cultural Property on July 29, 1937 (Agency for Cultural Affairs).

The Agency records a stone pagoda of thirteen storeys; designation number 00975.

The 1937 date in the Agency record is that of its designation under the former law.

A Kamakura Stone Pagoda in a Cemetery

This thirteen-storey stone pagoda stands in Kamocho Tsuji, Kizugawa, and is owned by the local cemetery management association (Agency for Cultural Affairs). The Agency dates it to 1298, in the late Kamakura period.

In this type of monument, thirteen stone roofs are stacked one above another and topped by a finial of rings. Kamo also has the stone thirteen-storey pagoda of Gansenji, another Important Cultural Property (Agency for Cultural Affairs).

Why It Is an Important Cultural Property

The Agency's record has no commentary; the structure and date set out what was designated. It is a Kamakura-period stone pagoda dated to 1298 (Agency for Cultural Affairs).

What to Look For

Look at how the thirteen stone roofs step in as they rise, and at the finial on top.

Visiting

It stands in a cemetery owned by the local management association (Agency for Cultural Affairs). No official visiting information was found; visitors should be mindful that this is a burial ground.