Kaijusen-ji
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Kaijusen-ji
海住山寺 (かいじゅうせんじ)
Kaijusen-ji is a temple in Kizugawa, Kyoto. Its Five-Story Pagoda is a designated National Treasure (Early Kamakura period, 1214).
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Key facts
- Designation
- National Treasures
- Era
- Kamakura period
- Type
- Temples
- Location
- Kizugawa, Kyoto
- Address
- 京都府木津川市加茂町大字例幣
Key facts
- Designation
- National Treasures
- Era
- Kamakura period
- Type
- Temples
- Location
- Kizugawa, Kyoto
- Address
- 京都府木津川市加茂町大字例幣
Buildings designated as National Treasures
Kaijusen-ji Five-Story Pagoda
- Era
- Early Kamakura period
- Year
- 1214
- Structure
- five-story pagoda, three bays square, hongawara tile roofing, mokoshi (skirt roof) on the first story, mokoshi with copper-sheet roofing
- Designated
- March 29, 1952
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Facts such as eras, structures and locations are edited and translated by us from the Agency for Cultural Affairs’ database of nationally designated cultural properties. The Agency and the national government did not produce this page.
Database of nationally designated cultural properties- Agency for Cultural Affairs, Database of National Cultural Properties: Kaijusen-ji Five-Story Pagoda
Checked on November 6, 2026
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