Satsuma (former province located in the west of present-day Kagoshima Prefecture); sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)
bodhisattva; one who has reached enlightenment but vows to save all beings before becoming a buddha; High Monk (title bestowed by the imperial court); title bestowed to Shinto kami in manifestation theory
sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)
Kshitigarbha (bodhisattva who looks over children, travellers and the underworld); Ksitigarbha; Jizō
Maitreya (Bodhisattva); Miroku
Avalokiteshvara (Bodhisattva); Avalokitesvara; Kannon; Kwannon; Guanyin; Buddhist deity of compassion
Kannon (Bodhisattva); Kwannon; Goddess of Mercy; Bodhisattva of Compassion; Guan Yin; Kuan Yin
Great Bodhisattva Hachiman (title of Hachiman due to Shinto-Buddhist syncretism)
Manjusri (Bodhisattva); Monju; Monjushuri; Wenshu
Avalokiteshvara (Bodhisattva); Avalokitesvara; Kannon; Kwannon; Guanyin; Buddhist deity of compassion
Akasagarbha (bodhisattva)
O Great God of Arms, I beseech your aid against my enemy!
Mahasthamaprapta (bodhisattva)
Samantabhadra (Bodhisattva); Fugen; Puxian
Anglo-Satsuma War (1863); Bombardment of Kagoshima
Satsuma biwa; Satsuma lute
Myōken (bodhisattva; deification of the North Star or the Big Dipper)
being compassionate like a bodhisattva
compassionate and gentle woman (likened to a bodhisattva); saintly woman; (arch.) courtesan; (arch.) prostitute
Candraprabha (bodhisattva)
satsuma-age; deep-fried ball of fish paste
looking gentle and beautiful like a bodhisattva on the outside but, being wicked and frightening like a demon on the inside
Suryaprabha (bodhisattva)
miso soup with pork or chicken (originally boned chicken chunks) with daikon, carrots, great burdock or sweet potatoes; meat chowder
Bhaisajyaraja (bodhisattva)
traveling while deliberately not paying a fare (travelling)
The Five Great Bodhisattvas (who uphold the Three Treasures and protect the sovereign)
looking gentle and beautiful like a bodhisattva on the outside but, being wicked and frightening like a demon on the inside
image of the Samantabhadra of long life (with either two or twenty arms, usu. on a white elephant)
Tara (female aspect of Avalokitesvara)
Satsumasendai City (Kagoshima)