Cemeteries in Japan

cemetery in Tokyo, Japan

cemetery in Tokyo, Japan

cemetery

architectural structure

thumb|200px|right|A gorintō on top of the Mimizuka with Siddhaṃ inscriptions ("five-ringed tower") is a Japanese type of Buddhist pagoda believed to have been first adopted by the Shingon and Tendai sects during the mid Heian period. It is used for memorial or funerary purposes and is therefore common in Buddhist temples and cemeteries. It is also called ("five-ringed stupa") or , where the term sotoba is a transliteration of the Sanskrit word stupa. The stupa was originally a structure or other sacred building containing a relic of Buddha or of a saint, then it was gradually stylized in vari

cemetery in Tokyo, Japan

museum in Kushimoto, Japan

A hōkyōintō and its parts|thumb A is a type of pagoda, so called because it originally contained the sūtra (or ). A Chinese variant of the Indian stupa, it was originally conceived as a cenotaph of Qian Liu, the King of Wuyue.

cemetery in Toshima, Tokyo, Japan

thumb|Tokugawa Iemochi's grave at Zōjō-ji, one of the two Tokugawa bodaiji A in Japanese Buddhism is a temple which, generation after generation, takes care of a family's dead, giving them burial and performing ceremonies in their soul's favor. The name is derived from the term , which originally meant just Buddhist enlightenment (satori), but which in Japan has also come to mean either the care of one's dead to ensure their welfare after death or happiness in the beyond itself. Several samurai families including the Tokugawa had their bodaiji built to order, while others followed the example

Okunoin or Oku-no-in (, ) is a sacred Buddhist site and cemetery on Mount Kōya, in Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. Opened in 835, it houses the mausoleum of Kūkai, founder of the Shingon school of esoteric Buddhism. It is considered the largest cemetery in Japan, with more than two hundred thousand graves and memorial monuments.

cemetery in Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan

cemetery in Nagoya-shi, Aichi, Japan