Regarding pagoda architecture during the Heian period, new types of pagodas including hoto (treasure pagoda) or daito pagoda were introduced, however the structural remnants that exist today were in soto (multi-leveled tower) architecture only.
平安時代の塔建築では、最初に宝塔や大塔といった新形式の導入がみられたが、現存する遺構は層塔形式のみである。