| Building Gorinto became common from the Kamakura period, and through the Muromachi period and the Edo period to today, they have been made as tombstones and memorial towers for soothing the souls of the deceased. |
なお五輪塔が一般的に造立されるようになったのは鎌倉時代以降で、以後、室町時代、江戸時代を経て現在に至るまで供養塔や墓碑として造塔され続けている。 |