Stone lantern

[4] During the Azuchi-Momoyama period (1568–1600), stone lanterns were popularized by tea masters, who used them as garden ornaments.

In modern gardens they have a purely ornamental function and are laid along paths, near water, or next to a building.

The segments express the idea that after death a person's physical body will go back to their original, elemental form.

Also called kaitomoshi (掻灯), tsuri-dōrō hanging lanterns are small, four- or six-sided and made in metal[6] or wood.

Dai-dōrō (platform lantern) are most often made of stone; in this case, they are referred to as ishi-dōrō (石灯籠, lit.

For example, an oki-dōrō, or movable lantern (see below) lacks a post, and rests directly on the ground.

The base is always present and the fire box is decorated with carvings of deer, peonies or other figures.

[10] The following are some examples: Oki-dōrō (置き燈籠), or movable lanterns, owe their name to the fact that they just rest on the ground, and are not fixed in any way.

This type probably derived from hanging lanterns, which they often strongly resemble, left to rest on the ground.

Its name, "three lights lantern", is due to its windows, shaped like the sun and the moon in the front and rear, and like a star at the ends.