| "The Five-Storied Pagoda" | |
|---|---|
| Short story by Kōda Rohan | |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese, English |
| Genre(s) | Historical fiction |
| Publication | |
| Publication type | Newspaper |
| Media type | Print (Periodical literature) |
The Five-Storied Pagoda (Gojūnotō, 五重塔) is a novella by writer Kōda Rohan. “It was originally written as a serialized piece of fiction in the intellectual newspaper Kokkai (Diet, or Parliament), beginning in November 1891 and ending in March of the following year. As a consequence, chapter divisions in this story […] do not necessarily coincide with the breaks in plot progression or narrative pauses.”(15). The pagoda in the story is based on a pagoda donated to Tokyo by Tennō-ji.