Amitābha (Amida Nyorai · Amita-bul, 阿弥陀如来)
The buddha of the Pure Land, and the principal image of Jōdo-shū temples.
Amida Nyorai, known in Sanskrit as Amitābha, is the buddha at the centre of Pure Land Buddhism, whose vow is to receive into his Pure Land those who call on him. Temples of the Jōdo school enshrine Amida as their principal image. At Zojo-ji in Tokyo the Amida image is a hidden one, kept from view and known as the Black Honzon, which the temple associates with victory and with Tokugawa Ieyasu.
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A Pure Land temple in Shiba, founded in 1393 and chosen by the Tokugawa as their family temple, whose hidden principal image is known as the Black Honzon of victory.
TempleIsshin-ji
Begun in 1185 from Honen’s hermitage, and known since 1887 for its bone buddhas — images of Amida cast from human ashes.