History: This pagoda 塔 (とう, tou) is one of many examples on Chinese influence on Japanese culture. Before the Chinese 中国人 (ちゅうごくじん/Chuugoku-jin) introduced the Han character system, or kanji (漢字), to Japan around the 5th Century AD 五世紀 (ごせいき/goseiki), the Japa...