The Yuimae （維摩会） ceremony was carried out on the 16th day of the Tenth Month on the anniversary of the death of Fujiwara no Kamatari （藤原鎌足）(614-669) the founder of the clan. It took place in the clan’s family temple, the Kōfukuji （興福寺）, in Nara, and involved the recitation of the Yuima-kyō, the Vimlakirti-nirdesa-sutra.