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“n – a Buddist guardian of children and travellers or statues of him. Usually in the form of じぞうさま. These statues are found in temples and all over Japan at roadside or on paths.” – Oxford Japanese Minidictoinary, © Jonathan Bunt 2000, 2001, pg 103.
The Jizo / Ojizousama is one of Japans most loved Japanese divinities, as he is affiliated with protection and the saving of “lost” souls. More commonly the souls of children who have passed before ‘their time’. It is said that Ojizousama helps babies, still borns and children’s souls to pass onto the afterlife, saving them from an eternity of piling stones on the banks of the Sanzu River (a river which is believed to have to be crossed in order to reach the afterlife). In doing so he hides the young souls in his cloak, protecting them from demons and carrying them across.
It is quite common to find these statues in cemeteries, temples and on roadsides/paths and sometimes accompanied with little stones, pebbles and/or coins. These little offerings are given as thanks for saving/protecting someone or in hopes that this divinity with aid someone lost.
Ojizousama is also believed to be the protector of travellers, or dousojin, and Firefighters.
building porn #lugano #switzerland #building #buildingporn #architecture #white #minimal #minimalism #vscocam #statue #window #urban #city (at Lugano, Switzerland)
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A statue of Marjory Stoneman Douglas @fairchildtropicalgardens #statue #miami #fairchild #ftbg #marjorystoneman #marjorystonemandouglas #botanicalgardens #florida #everglades #picoftheday #peoplephotography (at Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden)
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Statue honoring mothers on calle ocho in little Havana #statue #calleocho #littlehavana #babystatue #miami #florida #mothers (at Calle Ocho little havana)
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the process seemed to take hours…slowly, gradually she felt herself change
solidify…harden
her thoughts slowed too
as if each thought had to ooze slowly up through clay to her consciousness…
and already it was too late
she will be another statue
placed in the gallery
if only she had heeded the warning
if only she hadn’t looked at that certain tumblr
but
as I said it is too late for her
is it too late for you?
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Statua della Minerva, scultore Francesco Messina - Pavia, 1938 - Incisione alla base della statua: Pavia, dalla gloria millenaria del suo ateneo tragga auspicio, a maggiori fortune.
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