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A partial list of Japanese locations where Sai-no-Kawara rites are still performed, along with brief details on female shamans (called Itako) who help grieving parents contact their departed children in the neitherworld. List of Sai no Kawara Locations in Japan.

Describes the ten judges of hell, who review the behavior of the deceased while s/he was still living, and then send the departed soul back into one of six states of transmigration (reincarnation) introduces the demons who inhabit the lower regions, including the old hag Datsueba (literally “old woman who robs clothes”).

Judges of Hell, Ten Kings of Hell, Demons of Hell.

A translation by Lafcadio Hearn of the Jizō hymn sung at Sai-no-Kawara rites. The Legend of the Humming of the Sai-no-Kawara.

Sai no Kawara (Sainokawara) - Hymn to Jizo.

Answers various questions, e.g., Why are stones piled around Jizō statues? Why are Jizō statues often found together in groupings of six? Why are Jizō statues garbed in red caps and bibs? Details here. Explores Japanese Buddhist mythology regarding the sandy beach called Sai no Kawara (Sainokawara), a riverbed in the netherworld where the souls of departed children do penance reviews the savior role played by Jizō Bosatsu.

Sai no Kawara Mythology - Children’s Limbo in Japan.Jizō is the Buddhist counterpart (honjibutsu 本地仏) of the Dōsojin. The Dōsojin protect mountain passes, crossroads, and village boundaries, obstructing the passage of evil entities and demons of disease. Pre-Buddhist Japanese folk deities who administer the border between this world and hell later incorporated into Japanese Buddhist mythology.