Koyasu Jizō 子安地蔵 and Bokefuji Kannon 呆け封じ観音

3D Model

left: Koyasu Jizō 子安地蔵 ;
right: Bokefuji Kannon 呆け封じ観音 the “alpha and the omega” of the “abnormal ways of dying”

1/ Koyasu Jizō: linked to the Mizuko kuyō, which means: services for dead fetus and also dead babies, so this deity is prayed to protect babies after death (the 6 realms)

2/ Bokefuji Kannon: linked to long illness which goes inespectably to unpleasant death
principal goddess related to the Pokkuri-Dera ポックリ寺, prayers for asking for a quick and painless death.

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