Adashino Nenbutsu-ji (Eight Thousand Stone Buddhas)

あだし野念仏寺(八千体の石仏)

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West (Rakusai)｜嵯峨鳥居本

Adashino received Kyoto's dead from Heian times. In the Meiji era eight thousand scattered stone Buddhas were gathered to face Amida in the Sai-no-Kawara; each August's Sento Kuyo lights them with a thousand flames.

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These notes come from desk research. Local traditions vary.