Arti Kata 地蔵尊

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

gentle and round face

temple hall with a Kshitigarbha (Jizo) image

Jizo Festival

Sutra of the Original Vows of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva

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)

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

Jizo (esp. statue)

stone statue of Jizo (often found along roads)

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