When looking at stone construction arts such as stone-made hokyoin-to pagodas, especially ones in the Medieval period, they should be noted as the work of monks of the Ritsu sect and related stonemasons.
石造宝篋印塔のような石造美術品、特に中世期のものを見るうえで、律宗僧及びその関係の石工たちの存在に注目しなければならない。