enjoji-nada

Updated: May 21, 2025

In Matsue, as a rule, high officials only have Shinto funeral. 13 Unless the dead be buried according to the Shinto rite. In Matsue the mourning period is usually fifty days. At Enjoji-nada, on the beach, stands a lofty stone statue of Jizo. Before it the mourners pray; then wash their mouths and hands with the water of the lake.

Lafcadio Hearn - Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan : Second Series