Mitsue passed away on 5/18/2005 at age 99
Pictures taken at the funeral home
This
room is used as a memorial for Mitsue in Teruko’s home – Mitsue’s bones (not
ashes) are interred here for 49 days. Priests visit the home daily during
this traditional period of mourning. In addition, there are parties held in remembrance
of Mitsue 7 days after her death, 49 days (when her bones are
removed to a cemetery), 1 year, 3 years, 7 years, 13 years, 17 years, 23 years, 27 years,
33 years, 37 years, then 50 years after her death.
Gravesite for Mitsue and Torayoshi Nishino
