noun
Bussokusekika poems; poems inscribed beside the Buddha Foot monument at Yakushi-ji
Refers to the 21 poems carved on the stone beside the Buddha Foot monument (仏足石) at Yakushi-ji temple in Nara. A specialized historical and literary term.
仏足石歌は、薬師寺の仏足石のそばに刻まれた歌群です。
The Bussokusekika are a group of poems carved beside the Buddha Foot monument at Yakushi-ji.
Refers to the stone monument itself, while 仏足石歌 refers specifically to the poems inscribed beside it.
Compound of 仏足石 (Bussokuseki, 'Buddha Foot Stone') and 歌 (ka, 'poem'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain; the term is conventionally associated with the monument at Yakushi-ji.