TALES FROM HISTORY

Kakure Nenbutsu — The Little-Known Hidden Buddhists of Southern Kyushu

For more than 300 years, belief in Jōdo Shinshū Buddhism was punishable by death

Path to hidden Buddhist cave. (©Diane Tincher)

Kakure Nenbutsu

For many years, believers in Jōdo Shinshū Buddhism, the True Pure Land sect, quietly climbed into the…