地じ蔵ぞう尊そん

noun

Jizō (guardian deity of children); Kṣitigarbha bodhisattva

Refers to the Buddhist deity Jizō, often depicted as a monk and revered as a protector of children, travelers, and the deceased. The term can denote the deity itself or a statue/image thereof.

• 道みち端ばたに地じ蔵ぞう尊そんが祀まつられている。

  A Jizō statue is enshrined by the roadside.

• 地じ蔵ぞう尊そんは子こどもの守まもり神がみとして信しん仰こうされている。

  Jizō is worshipped as a guardian deity of children.