PROJECT : 65

2025

福岡県直方市にある浄土真宗本願寺派 願照寺の屋外に計画した合葬墓。墓の起源をたどると埋葬した場所に土を盛り、石を据え死者を土へ還すという慣習が始まりだという。原初的な石を据えるという行為を再解釈し、幾重にも重なる石によって合葬を表している。墓は先祖と現世を生きる人々をつなぎ、祈りを捧げる場でもある。合葬墓内に取り込む普遍的な光は「南無阿弥陀仏」を照らし、少しの時間だけ先祖との繋がりを感じてもらえるような墓のあり方を目指した。

This project is a communal grave planned for the outdoor grounds of Ganshoji Temple, a Jodo Shinshu Hongwanji-ha Buddhist temple located in Nogata City, Fukuoka Prefecture. Tracing the origins of graves, burial practices are said to have begun with the custom of piling earth over the burial site and placing stones, returning the deceased to the soil. Reinterpreting this primordial act of setting stones, the communal burial is expressed through layers of overlapping stone. A grave serves as a place that connects ancestors with those living in the present, and as a site for offering prayers. The universal light introduced into the communal grave illuminates the words “Namu Amida Butsu,” aiming to create a form of memorial where visitors may, even if only for a brief moment, feel a connection with their ancestors.