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Mizumuke Jizō
Mizumuke Jizō
Mizumuke Jizō
In the past, there was no bridge, so visitors were forced to purify themselves in the water of the stream. Today, it is customary instead for visitors to splash water on the fourteen statues that line the river to the right-hand side of the bridge.
The gesture is carried out today as a prayer for the peaceful repose of the dead. To that end, visitors will purchase thin wooden stupa at the nearby Gokusho (御供所) and place these in the receptacles in front of the statues.
The fourteen Water-Splashing Jizō take their collective name from the custom of splashing them with water. Despite the name, not all are jizō. From left to right, we find two standing jizō, three seated jizō, a seated Dainichi Nyorai, a standing Fudō Myō-ō, five more jizō (four standing and one sitting), and finally two standing statues of Kannon.
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