Sens du Mot 地蔵

gentle and round face

temple hall with a Kshitigarbha (Jizo) image

Jizo (guardian deity of children)

guardian Ksitigarbha of childbirth (bodhisattva)

Ksitigarbha statue erected to help deliver miscarried and aborted fetuses to buddhahood (foetuses)

the Six Ksitigarbhas (one for each of the six realms)

stone statue of Jizo (often found along roads)

Jizo Festival

Sutra of the Original Vows of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva

Kshitigarbha (bodhisattva who looks over children, travellers and the underworld)

Ksitigarbha (jizo) who listens to people's complaints (statue at the Keihou Temple at Nagoya)

Jizo (esp. statue)