So I had a gallery of jizo photographs all set up about two months ago and then completely forgot to make it live.

Since I know somebody who is a big fan of jizo, I thought I’d throw it up today and hopefully it’ll make that somebody smile.

(Or even another somebody, I’m not that fussy).

Gallery is here.

For the uninitiated, I was going to write a little primer about jizo statues, but there’s plenty of better, more knowledgeable descriptions out there. I like this one:

Jizo (地蔵/womb of the earth), as they are called, are made in the image of Jizo Bosatsu, guardian deity of children and travellers..

Japanese Jizo statues: ancient protectors of the trail

(click on the link above to become even more jizo enlightened.)