Stone lamp became an important part of the Japanese garden culture. The usually material are granite stone lamps, common are: sesame white stone cage, bluestone stone lamps, sesame Grey stone lights. Kyoto High Court Segawa two Azumaya wind lantern is Japan's largest existing stone lamps, 13 meters high .

The stone lamp was used for the Japanese garden , garden decorations began late sixteenth century Momoyama era. At that time, the great development of the tea ceremony , stone lamps are often used as a tea room and extensive outdoor decorations into the garden decoration. With the change in style stone lamp uses, stone lamp styles will be more diversified , such as the emergence of a three-legged or four-legged hsuehchien stone lamps, while part of the pole and Li has also given a new design by imitation stone lamp into innovation. Japanese stone lantern in addition to a small temple shrine outside for most of the stone for garden lights , garden decorations .