The oldest bell towers of the Japanese Buddhist temples were double-storied structures, with the bell hanging on the top floor. The style photographed here at the Horyu-ji temple in Nara was developed at the end Heian period: the base of the tower is shaped like a Japanese hakama, hence the name of this tower style, hakamagoshi.
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