#阿弥陀寺 — Public Fediverse posts
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Over 300 maple trees snake their way up Yakisugi-yama, creating a path of red come autumn.
Throughout its history Amida-ji had strong links to the court (especially the imperial Arisugawanomiya 有栖川宮 & Kan’innomiya 閑院宮 families), & proudly displays the gifts it received.
Incidentally, Emperor Meiji outlawed the practice of Sokushinbutsu (mummification) in 1879.
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Tanzei became a mummy at the age of 62, and his stone coffin was placed inside a cave carved in the mountainside by his disciples (the current tomb dates to Meiji times).
Beside his coffin a treasure chamber contains possessions of imperial family members who trained at the temple.
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In 1613 Amida-ji's (阿弥陀寺) founder, Tanzei (弾誓), finally became a 'living Buddha', achieving mummification whilst still alive (meditating within a stone coffin).
Tanzei is the southernmost mummified monk in Japan (a practice much more common in the north).