Amida

Japanese: あみだ
Amida

…In the Middle Ages, it was common to use the character for Confucius on lotteries. There was also a method called Amida no Hikari, where a drawing of the halo of Amida Buddha was used as a lottery ticket to determine the amount of money spent on food and drink. Both Confucius and Amida were superior to ordinary people, and the fact that they were used as the name of a lottery ticket gives us an idea of ​​the attitude of people at the time toward lotteries. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Amida" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…中世ではくじに孔子の字をあてることが広くみられた。また阿弥陀光(あみだのひかり)といい,阿弥陀仏の後光を描き,それをくじとして飲食の出銭高などを決める方法もあった。孔子,阿弥陀ともに常人よりすぐれた存在であり,これをくじの名称としていたことは,当時の人々のくじに対する心意をうかがわせるものである。…

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