Tall ornament on the roof of a temple; these finial type ornaments are known as sorin or sourin.

---

This example is on top of the five-story pagoda at the famous Horyu-ji temple.

---

Size: 2513px × 3796px
Location: Horyu-ji (Horyuji), Ikoma District, Nara Prefecture, Kansai Region, Honshu, Japan
Photo credit: © CulturalEyes-N / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: -, 6, 6th, 7, 7th, ancient, architectural, architecture, area, asia, asian, asuka, asuka-style, baekje, big, bronze, buddhism, buddhist, building, buildings, century, cultural, culture, cultures, dera, detail, east, famous, finial, flourishing, gakumon, gakumonji, garan, heritage, historic, historical, horyu, horyu-ji, horyuji, ikaruga, ikaruga-dera, interesting, japan, japanese, ji, kansai, ken, kinki, large, law, learning, listed, medieval, metal, nara, nara-ken, nrtg, oriental, ornament, paekche, pagoda, pagodas, period, prefecture, region, religious, roof, roofs, rooftop, rooves, sai, sai-, site, sorin, sourin, structure, structures, style, tall, temple, temples, unesco, wakakusa, wakakusa-garan, world