Adashino Nembutsuji

Adashino Nembutsu Ji — overview of meaning, background and key points, with links to related topics for context.

Adashino Nembutsuji (化野念仏寺)is a Buddhist temple in Kyoto, Japan. Situated high on a hill overlooking the city from the northwest, it sits on the site of a graveyard where people formerly abandoned the bodies of the dead, exposing them to the wind and rain.

Now, countless thousands of Buddhist statuettes memorialize the souls of the dead.