弥 - all the more, increasingly

Amitabha (Buddha); Amida

third month of the lunar calendar

(Catholic) Mass

Osaka Prefectural Museum of Yayoi Culture

Namu Amida Butsu; Hail Amitabha Buddha; Homage to Amida Buddha

Sukhavati sutra

dais for a Buddhist image

second cousin

Yayoi period (ca. 300 BCE-300 CE)

to stand on end (of hair)

the ten precepts

Amitabha triad; image of Amitabha Buddha flanked by the Bodhisattvas Avalokiteshvara and Mahasthamaprapta