In the Heian period, court nobles f'unerals were greatly influenced by Buddhism as they were held at Buddhist temples, priests chanted Buddhist invocations, and stupas were set up at the sides of gravestones.
平安時代の貴族の葬儀は、仏教寺院で行い僧侶が念仏し墓に卒塔婆を立てるなど、大きく仏教的な影響を受けたものになっていた。