隠かくれ念ねん仏ぶつ

noun

secret Jōdo Shinshū Buddhism; hidden Pure Land practice

Historical term for underground Jōdo Shinshū (True Pure Land) Buddhist practice in Kyushu during the Edo period, when the sect was suppressed in certain domains.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だい、九きゅう州しゅうの一いち部ぶでは隠かくれ念ねん仏ぶつが密ひそかに信しん仰こうされていた。

  During the Edo period, secret Jōdo Shinshū practice was observed covertly in parts of Kyushu.