A Jodo sect temple founded in the Oei era (1394–1428), widely known for its 13-meter-tall seated Amida Nyorai statue, the Tokyo Daibutsu, erected in 1977. Cherished as Japan's third-largest Buddha after Nara and Kamakura, it was built to mourn victims of war and earthquakes and pray for world peace. The temple was relocated from near Itabashi-juku to its current site in 1973 due to highway constru…
Cleansing impurity, spiritual purification, driving away evil. Rooted in misogi ablutions and goma fire rites.
Derived from the enshrined deity "阿弥陀如来"
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