神かみの正しょう面めん仏ほとけのま尻しり

expression

put your household Shinto shrine in a high position in the front of the house and your Buddhist altar in the back

Rare proverb describing the traditional arrangement of a kamidana (Shinto household shrine) and a butsudan (Buddhist altar) in a Japanese home, with the Shinto shrine placed in a prominent, elevated front position and the Buddhist altar in a less conspicuous rear location.

• 「神かみの正しょう面めん仏ほとけのま尻しり」という言こと葉ばは、神かみ棚だなと仏ぶつ壇だんの配はい置ちの慣かん習しゅうを表あらわしている。

  The phrase 'kami no shōmen hotoke no mashiri' refers to the custom of arranging the kamidana and butsudan.