Title Tasuke no Jizo

  • Wakayama
Topic(s):
Historic Sites/Castle Ruins Shrines/Temples/Churches Public Works & Institutions (Museums, etc.)
Medium/Media of Use:
Interpretive Sign Web Page
Text Length:
≤250 Words
FY Prepared:
2018
Associated Tourism Board:
koyasantagengokaisetsuseibisuishinkyogikai
Associated Address:
Koyasan, Koya-cho Ito-gun , Wakayama

タイトル:助けの地蔵


この神社には、助けの地蔵という、元々は隣接する熊野で発見された菩薩地蔵の石像があります。伝承によると、ある男が寂しい谷を歩いていると、音が聞こえ、この地蔵へと導かれました。男は、この神聖な像を人通りの少なくわびしい場所に置いておきたくないと思い、高野山へ持っていき、そこに地蔵を祀り、守る神社を建てました。


助けの地蔵は、誰の願いでも、心からの願い、祈りを1つだけ叶えますが、この恵みは一生に一度だけと言われています。願いが叶うと、感謝のしるしに、石のような丸いものを神社に納めます。像の周りにあるたくさんの石は、地蔵が願いを叶えてあげた参拝者が置いて行ったものです。


TITLE: Tasuke no Jizo 


This shrine is home to the Tasuke no Jizo, or Helping Jizo, a stone statue of the bodhisattva Jizo originally discovered in neighboring Kumano. According to legend, the man who discovered the Jizo was walking in a lonely valley when he heard a sound that led him to this statue. Not wanting the holy relic to remain alone in such a desolate place, the man brought it to Koyasan where a shrine was built to honor and protect the Jizo.


It is said that the Tasuke no Jizo will grant a single, heartfelt request or prayer to any person who asks. However, this Jizo will bestow such a blessing only once in a lifetime. When the prayer is granted, people often bring a round object, like a stone, to the shrine as a symbol of gratitude. Many of the stones around the statue’s base were left by worshippers whose prayers the Jizo has granted.


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