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    The sōrin (相輪, lit. alternate rings) is the vertical shaft (finial) which tops a Japanese pagoda, whether made of stone or wood. The sōrin of a wooden...
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  • prayer wheel. Media related to Kasatōba at Wikimedia Commons The sōrintō (相輪橖) is a type of small pagoda consisting just of a pole and a sōrin. Wooden...
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    temple. It precedes the bigger and more important sanmon. See also mon. sōrin (相輪) – a spire reaching up from the center of the roof of some temple halls, tiered...
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    kiso (基礎), or base, tōshin (塔身), or body, kasa (笠), or umbrella, and sōrin (相輪), or pagoda finial. The tōshin is the most important part of the hōkyōintō...
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    temple. It precedes the bigger and more important sanmon. See also mon. sōrin (相輪) – a spire reaching up from the center of the roof of some temple halls, tiered...
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  • 4882336°N 139.81418049°E / 37.4882336; 139.81418049 [100] Sairen-ji Sōrintō 西蓮寺相輪塔 Sairenji sōrintō 1287 Namegata Ibaraki 36°04′18″N 140°26′18″E / 36.07168513°N...
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    It precedes the bigger and more important sanmon. See also mon. sōrin* (相輪) – a spire reaching up from the center of the roof of some temple halls, tiered...
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    Japanese pagodas, the tahōtō is topped by a vertical shaft known as the sōrin (相輪). This comprises the base or 'dew basin'; an inverted bowl with attached lotus...
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