Jizo

Jizo — a stone bodhisattva statue.

Shiwa District3 tales

• No. 14One little beanA poor old couple found a single bean that rolled into a hole, and as they dug further they came upon Jizo, a stone bodhisattva statue. Jizo invited…
• No. 39Onchiko-henchikoMonjiya no Kichi, who had lost at gambling, gambled with a Jizo, a stone bodhisattva statue, in a field and won, receiving a vermilion-lacquered…
• No. 66The seven JizoOn New Year's Eve, the wife sold a padded coat she had spent three years making, and with the money bought hats for the Jizo, a stone bodhisattva…