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…In Japan, Prince Shotoku is known to have gathered kings and nobles in April 598 (the 6th year of the reign of Empress Suiko) to give a lecture on the Lotus Sutra and the Sacred Wisdom Sutra, and various Buddhist ceremonies were held as Buddhism flourished and spread. The Yuima-e, Saisho-e, Yuishiki-e, Kusha-e, Kegon-e, and Hokke-e ceremonies, which sought to clarify the gist of the sutra treatises, the Ninno-e and Daihannya-e ceremonies, which prayed for the peace of the nation, and the Nehan-e, which commemorated the death of Shakyamuni and expressed gratitude, were eventually linked to the belief in the founder of a sect or temple, and statues and halls of the founder were built and memorial services were held on the anniversary of his death. In the Middle Ages, Buddhist ceremonies to pray for the repose of the souls of ancestors also became common, and sometimes included a meal, which continues to this day. …

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

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…日本では598年(推古6)4月に聖徳太子が，諸王･豪族を集めて法華･勝鬘（しようまん）の2経の講義を行ったことが知られ，仏教の興隆流布とともに各種の法会が催された。経論の主旨を究明しようとした維摩（ゆいま）会，最勝会，唯識会，俱舎（くしや）会，華厳会，法華会をはじめ，国家の安泰を祈る仁王（にんのう）会，大般若会や，釈迦の入滅を追慕し報恩の意を表す涅槃（ねはん）会は，やがて一宗一寺の祖師信仰と結びついて，祖師の御影（みえ）像や堂を造って忌日に法事を行うにいたった。中世には祖先の追善冥福を祈る法会も一般化し，ときに斎（とき）(食事)の席を設けるなどして今日に至っている。…

※「俱舎会」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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