third month of the lunar calendar ②thick growth (of grass, etc.) ③Yayoi period (ca. 300 BCE-300 CE)

Yayoi period (c. 300 BCE-300 CE)

burning with desire

fervent spirit

balancing toy

Yayoi pottery

last day of the third month of the lunar calendar

comical pair

Yayoi people

kabuki play presented in the third month (Edo period)

mountain in the third month, with trees vigorously budding

Namu Amida Butsu

Amitabha

Amitabha (Buddha) ②ghostleg lottery ③wearing a hat pushed back on one's head

Amitabha

Maitreya (Bodhisattva)

ending up right back where one started

Maitreya (Bodhisattva)

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

Amitabha Tathagata

Sukhavati sutra

wearing a hat pushed back on one's head

male Buddhist novice

dais for a Buddhist image

Maitreya

temple hall containing an enshrined image of Amitabha

female Buddhist novice

the 10 precepts

Amitabha triad

extending over a long time

patching up

stopgap measure

to increase (all the more)

to become still greater

prosperity ②best of luck

more and more ②extremely

prosperity to the emperor