Amida Nyorai, known as Amitabha Buddha, is a central figure in Japanese Buddhism, especially within Pure Land traditions such as Jodo Shu and Jodo Shinshu. Amida is associated with the Western Pure Land, a realm to which devotees aspire to be reborn through faith and the recitation of the nembutsu. In memorial contexts, Amida Nyorai is often invoked in funerary rites and ancestral veneration, including practices related to okotsubutsu, reflecting the belief in guidance toward peace after death, though interpretations of this role vary among sects and practitioners.