butsudan
Sign in to savethumb|300px|An ornate butsudan with open doors displaying an enshrined Amida Buddha. A Butsudan in the [[Jodo Shinshu Buddhism tradition. (At Osamu Dazai Memorial Museum)]] thumb|Close-up view of the inner altar with the painted scroll of the Buddha
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thumb|300px|An ornate butsudan with open doors displaying an enshrined Amida Buddha. A Butsudan in the [[Jodo Shinshu Buddhism tradition. (At Osamu Dazai Memorial Museum)]] thumb|Close-up view of the inner altar with the painted scroll of the Buddha
A , is a shrine or altar commonly found in Japanese Buddhist homes. A butsudan is either a defined, often ornate platform or simply a wooden cabinet sometimes crafted with doors that enclose and protect a gohonzon or religious icon, typically a statue or painting of a Buddha or bodhisattva, or a calligraphic mandala scroll.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “butsudan” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.