In the same period, the belief in the Pure Land (worship of Amitabha) was also introduced from China, and when Mappo-shiso (the "end of the world" belief) spread in the mid Heian Period, the belief in the Pure Land flourished among the nobles. |
同時期に浄土信仰(阿弥陀信仰)も中国から伝来しており、平安中期に末法思想が広がると、浄土信仰が貴族の間で隆盛した。 |