Arti Kata 十三

the thirteen buddhas, bodhisattvas and wisdom kings

gallows

12th anniversary of one's death

thirty

last day of the month

38th parallel (that demarcates North Korea and South Korea)

fifty-three stations on the Tōkaidō (Edo-Kyoto highway in Edo-period Japan)

the thirteen sects of Sect Shinto (Fuso-kyo, Taisha-kyo, Jikko-kyo, Konko-kyo, Kurozumi-kyo, Misogi-kyo, Ontake-kyo, Shinri-kyo, Shinshu-kyo, Shinto Shusei-ha, Shinto Taikyo, Taisei-kyo, Tenri-kyo)

thirty houses

one metropolis (Tokyo), one "circuit" (Hokkaido), two urban prefectures (Osaka and Kyoto) and 43 prefectures proper

thirty-three sacred places in the Kanto region (which was previously known as Bandō)

the thirty-six immortal poets (of the Heian period; as named by Fujiwara no Kintō)