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<h3>Stupa Reliefs</h3>
<p>Kiyomizu Magaibutsu
<br>Kawabe (Minamikyushu), Kagoshima

<p>This line of stupas in raised relief may date back to the
Kamakura period. They are <a href=./../asianartglossary.html#gorinto>gorinto</a>, a type of Buddhist funerary monument that was first used in Japan by Tendai and other esoteric sects. See also: the <a href=./../china/xian/fa04.html>modern gorinto</a>, in China's Famen Si. The stupas carved here are presumably funeral memorials for priests associated with the shrine.       


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