弥

third month of the lunar calendar

Amitabha (Buddha)

(Catholic) Mass

three days from today

Yayoi people

Yayoi period (ca. 300 BCE-300 CE)

mountain in the third month, with trees vigorously budding

to stand up straight

Yayoi pottery

comical pair

ending up right back where one started

sushi

extending over a long time

to become still greater

balancing toy

kabuki play presented in the third month (Edo period)

fervent spirit

prosperity to the emperor

Mount Sumeru (believed to be the centre of the Buddhist world)

last day of the third month of the lunar calendar

the ten precepts

prosperity

second cousin

stopgap measure

Sukhavati sutra

Namu Amida Butsu

Amitabha triad

Osaka Prefectural Museum of Yayoi Culture

wearing a hat pushed back on one's head

Amitabha

ardent

impetuously

more and more

Amitabha Tathagata

Maitreya (Bodhisattva)

temple hall containing an enshrined image of Amitabha

Maitreya (Bodhisattva)

to wear (one's hat) on the back of one's head

ghostleg lottery

Amitabha

dais for a Buddhist image

male Buddhist novice

patching up

female Buddhist novice

Maitreya (Bodhisattva)