【葛飾区指定有形文化財 | Katsushika City-designated tangible cultural properties】

この五輪塔は、寛永9年(1632)に建てられた、当地の旧家佐野氏の先祖、伊勢守の墓石です。寛永年代の石像五輪塔は区内にも若干ありますが、2.2mと大きく立派なものです。五輪は、地、水、火、風、空を表し、これらが宇宙を生成する五つものという平安時代の思想に基づいています。

This five layers stone tower built in Kanei 9 (1632) is a tombstone of Isenokami who is the ancestor of Sano family in this place.There are a few five layers stone tower of the Kanei era in Katsushika City, but this tower height is 2.2m, it's very excellent one. Five layers represent Earth, Water, Fire, Wind and Sky, based on the idea during the Heian period (794-1185) that those fives create the universe.