放ほう生じょう会え

noun

life release ceremony; ceremony of releasing captive animals

A Buddhist ritual in which captive animals are released to accumulate merit and express compassion. The term is primarily encountered in religious or historical contexts.

• 放ほう生じょう会えは、捕とらえた生いき物ものを野のに放はなつ仏ぶっ教きょうの儀ぎ式しきです。

  Hōjō-e is a Buddhist ceremony in which captured animals are released into the wild.