| In a notebook of history and materials in the Nara period, cited in "Yakushiji Engi" (The History of The Yakushi-ji Temple) compiled in the eleventh century, there is a description; 'Of four pagodas established in Yakushi-ji Temple, two pagodas are in the original temple.' |
11世紀成立の『薬師寺縁起』に引用される奈良時代の資財帳に「薬師寺には塔が4基あり、うち2基は本寺にある」という趣旨の記載がある。 |