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Mike
3 months ago

The husband’s altar

In the original, it says

夫の仏前で

Otto no butsuzen de

At my husband’s altar

Butsuzen (仏前, ぶつぜん) translates to “before the Buddha” or “in front of the Buddhist altar.”

This is distinguished from shinzen (before the Shinto kami/gods) by focusing on Buddhist rituals

The altar used (for butsuzen /before the Buddha) in a Japanese home is called a butsudan (仏壇) often with an honorific “o-” added: obutsudan).