During the Heian period, belief in Buddhism spread throughout the noble classes, with each clan constructed temples in which to pray for the prosperity of the clan, although some clans had practiced this since the Nara period. |
平安時代になると、仏教信仰が貴族の間にも広まり、一部では奈良時代から既に行われてきたが、各氏族で個々に寺院を建立するようになり、そこで氏族の繁栄を祈念した。 |