Arti Kata 六地蔵

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

guardian Ksitigarbha of childbirth (bodhisattva)

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

stone statue of Jizo (often found along roads)

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

Jizo (esp. statue)

gentle and round face

temple hall with a Kshitigarbha (Jizo) image

Jizo (guardian deity of children)

die

Jizo Festival

people look friendly when they ask for a loan but not so much when they repay it