Then, in the Heian Period in Japan, Jodo sect's thought of 'Ojo' epitomized by its cries, 'abhorrence of (living in) this impure world' and 'seeking rebirth in the Pure Land' became popular and the Utopia beyond the sea was syncretized with the Pure Land.
そして日本では平安時代に「厭離穢土・欣求浄土」に代表される浄土教往生思想が広まり、海の彼方の理想郷と浄土とが習合されたのであった。