A Million Prayers for Amitabha Buddha and the Lion Dance of Yozuku

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1971

25 minutes

Summary

In Yamakita, a town in the Ashigarakami District of Kanagawa Prefecture, there is a nenbutsu chanting practice associated with the Noanji Soto Zen temple that has a history of approximately 600 years. The nenbutsu is chanted as men rotate a large strand of 302 prayer beads affixed around a pulley. This is followed by a lion dance (shishimai) that proceeds around all the houses of the village as a purification ritual.

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Original Name世附の百万遍念仏・獅子舞 (A Million Prayers for Amitabha Buddha and the Lion Dance of Yozuku)

StatusReleased: 53 years ago
October 10, 1971

Language日本語

Spoken Languages日本語

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