Row of Six Jizo Bosatsu
The Bodhisattvas wears baby clothes, including bibs, perhaps a symbol of protectors of infants, which could be metaphorical in terms of spiritual development; red is a primary colour that has accumulated many significances over the centuries: from representing the sun (and life) to more specifically being a colour regarded in Japanese folklore as expelling illnesses and negative forces.
The array of six statues (Roku Jizo) may correspond to the six realms of existence, in each of which the Bodhisattva is said to take compassionate action.
Row of Six Jizo Bosatsu
The Bodhisattvas wears baby clothes, including bibs, perhaps a symbol of protectors of infants, which could be metaphorical in terms of spiritual development; red is a primary colour that has accumulated many significances over the centuries: from representing the sun (and life) to more specifically being a colour regarded in Japanese folklore as expelling illnesses and negative forces.
The array of six statues (Roku Jizo) may correspond to the six realms of existence, in each of which the Bodhisattva is said to take compassionate action.