Rain Jizo - Amejizo

Japanese: 雨地蔵 - あめじぞう
Rain Jizo - Amejizo

…Sacred stones have also been used to pray for rain. There are legends in various places that say that rain would fall if a rope was passed through the hole in the nose of a cow-shaped stone called a rain-making stone and pulled, or that rain would fall if a stone Jizo statue called a rain Jizo was tied with a rope and submerged in a deep pool. Thunder [Ito Kanji]. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Ame Jizo" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…また,雨乞いのために霊石が用いられたこともある。雨乞石とよばれる牛の形をした石の,鼻にあたる部分の穴に綱をとおして引くと雨が降ったとか,雨地蔵とよばれる石の地蔵を綱でしばり,これを淵に沈めておくと雨が降ったという伝承が各地にみられる。雷【伊藤 幹治】。…

※「雨地蔵」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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