Saturday, March 09, 2024

Shrine to Jizo-sama (地蔵様)

I encountered this tidy, refurbished shrine to the Buddhist deity Jizo on a recent bike ride in Niigata City. The wooden tablets give the names of donors to the shrine and amounts (in multiples of 1,000 [千- sen] or 10,000 [万- man] provided for its upkeep.
Bottom left:  小杉 (一万)時田(5千円)      In other words, one Kosugi has donated 10,000 yen, while a certain Tokita, 5,000 yen.

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