地蔵さん雲ヶ畑京都The small statuettes sprinkled throughout Japan - an in particular, in Kyoto - are known as Jizo, or Jizo-san.
Jizo is a Bodhisattva (in Japanese: Bosatsu): that is, one who "achieves enlightenment but postpones Buddhahood until all can be saved." The "ji" (地) means earth, and the "zo" (蔵) is womb.
These mini-Buddha are beloved and thought to ease suffering.
This one sits in a cemetery in Kumogahata, northern Kyoto.
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