Monday, September 30, 2013

Jizō statues at the cemetery

4-7-35 Shiba-Koen, Minato at  Zōjō-ji
rows of stone statues of children represent the unborn children  including miscarried, aborted and stillborn children.  Small jizo is decorated  with  clothing and toys. It is  a small gift for Jizō.
this is meant to shorten the amount of suffering a child has to go through on the way to the afterlife


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