Sakasa Jizo

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Sakasa Jizo さかさ地蔵
"upside down" Jizo

逆さ地蔵 sakasa Jizoo



He is in the wall of Koriyama Castle in Yamato Koriyama, Nara prefecture.
大和郡山城址

The stones from the river Mizutanigawa near Kasuga Taisha 春日大社の水谷川were not enough.
When the wall was erected, all the available big stones nearby where used for the construction. This Jizo also got into the wall, head down ... They also used stone lanterns and stone grave markers for the wall, which was build on behalf of Toyotomi Hidenaga 豊臣秀長, son of Hideyoshi, in 1585.





Reference


. Jizoo Bosatsu (Kshitigarbha) 地蔵菩薩
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