A five-story pagoda, Asakusa

弁天池から五重塔を望む｡五重塔は天慶5年(942)安房守平公雅(あわのかみたいらのきんまさ)の創建にかかると伝えられている｡本写真に写る塔は慶安元年(1648)に再建されたものである｡明治44年(1911)国宝に指定されたが､昭和20年(1945)の空襲で焼失(右に写る経蔵も同時に焼失)｡現在の五重塔は昭和48年(1973)に再建されたもの｡明治10年代､スティルフリート撮影か｡The five-story pagoda viewed from Benten Pond. The original is said to have been built by Awanokami Taira-no-Kinmasa in 942. The pagoda in this photograph was rebuilt in 1648 and designated a National Treasure in 1911, but it burned to the ground during 1945 air raids (together with the sutra depository). The present day five-story pagoda was erected in 1973. This photograph was taken in the second decade of the Meiji Period (1877-1887), probably by Stillfried