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In Japan, also, no distinction was made ‘between the temples and mortuary chapels, and the mausoleum of Ieyasu, at Nikku, built on rising ground, has the triple enclosure with three entrance gateways, and besides the main temple or mortuary chapel, has all the independent accessories, such as the torii, pagoda, sacred stable, store-houses, library, drum-tower, belfry, priest’s residence, etc., which form the complement of an important Buddhist temple, and in addition a winding pathway up numerous flights of steps leading to the upper mortuary chapel and monumental tomb.’¹