板いた塔とう婆ば

noun

wooden grave tablet

A thin wooden board placed at graves or memorial sites in Japanese Buddhist practice, often inscribed with a posthumous name or sutra. Also called 卒塔婆 (sotoba).

See also: 卒塔婆

• お墓はかの後うしろに板いた塔とう婆ばが立たてられている。

  A wooden grave tablet is set up behind the grave.