Note 21 — LAFCADIO HEARN (continued 3)
Reading edition
Much more amusing in the original:—
Adana é-gao ni Mayowanu mono wa Ki-Butsu,—kana-Butsu,— Ishi-botoké
"Charming-smile-by bewildered-not, he-as-for, wood-Buddha, metal-Buddha, stone-Buddha!" The term "Ishi-botoké" especially refers to the stone images of the Buddha placed in cemeteries.—This song is sung in every part of Japan; I have heard it many times in different places.