日本における往生の空間認識について――特に『後拾遺往生伝』三巻を通じて――

抄録

At the time of death, beings seek liberation not by looking at the Buddha himself, but by gazing on a “Buddha image,” constructed to serve that function. Such images are not intended as miraculous the Buddha images. This paper investigates the creation and contemplation of the Buddha images in Japan as a part of daily life.