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| Five - storied pagoda of Bitchu Kokubunji Temple | |
Bitchu-Kokubunji is a Buddhist temple in Soja city.
It is located about 5 km east of JR Soja station and about 8 km west of Kibitsu Shrine.
"Bitchu" is the old name of the west part of Okayama Prefecture. And, Kokubunji is the temple which was built in each province by the order of Emperor Shomu (701-756). This temple was founded as Kokubunji in Bitchu province in 741.
Now it is the temple of Shingon Buddhism, one of the major schools of Japanese Buddhism. The original temple was destroyed by fire in the middle of a civil war in the 14th century. The five-story pagoda is the symbol of this temple and was rebuilt in the 1840s. The height is about 34 meters, and it is the only five-story pagoda in Okayama Prefecture.
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| Issued Country | Japan |
| Issued Year | 2002 |
| Category | Buddhist Architect Buddhist Landscape |
| Type | Postage Stamps |