檀 - cedar, sandalwood, spindle tree

Buddhist center for study and meditation; monastery; temple

eighteen centers of Buddhist learning (of the Pure Land sect in the Kanto region)

eighteen centers of Buddhist learning (of the Pure Land sect in the Kanto region)

blunt-lobed spice bush (Lindera obtusiloba)

sandalwood oil

rosewood; red sandalwood

decorative portable shrine; float used in festivals

system used during the Edo period where commoners had to register with a temple in order to prove their Buddhist faith

severing the relationship between a temple and its supporters

Indian sandalwood (Santalum album); white sandalwood

chinaberry; Japanese bead tree (Melia azedarach)

fine crepe paper