Hidden Prayer - Hidden Prayer

Japanese: かくれ念仏 - かくれねんぶつ
Hidden Prayer - Hidden Prayer

...It was widely circulated in major cities such as Edo, Kyoto, and Osaka, and has remained secretly even after the Meiji era. In the Satsuma domain and the Sagara domain in Totomi, which banned Ikkoshu (Shinshu) during the Edo era, the faith was passed down as "hidden nembutsu" with many sacrifices, and in the Satsuma region, it has continued to exist as "Kayakabekyo" even after the ban was lifted in the Meiji era. [Kashiwabara Yusen]...

*Some of the terminology explanations that refer to "Hidden Nembutsu" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…江戸,京都,大坂などの大都市をはじめ広く流布し,明治以後も潜行的に残存している。また,江戸時代に一向宗(真宗)を禁制した薩摩藩や遠江の相良藩では,ひそかに伝道が行われ,多くの犠牲を伴いつつ〈かくれ念仏〉として信仰がうけつがれ,薩摩地方では明治の解禁後も〈カヤカベ教〉として今日に至っている。【柏原 祐泉】。…

※「かくれ念仏」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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