Rows of stone Jizo statues at Hase-dera Temple, Kamakura, Japan

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The jizo statues are placed here by parents who have lost babies due to abortion, miscarriage or still-born. The staues remain here for a year and are then replaced. Hase-dera temple is a Buddhist temple which houses one of the largest wooden statues in Japan, the statue of Kannon.

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Size: 3744px × 5616px
Location: Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, Kanto, Honshu, Japan
Photo credit: © Jenny Jones / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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