Note 56 — A LETTER FROM JAPAN
Reading edition
Footnote 56:
(return)
Perhaps the term might be rendered "Shape-changing Jizō." The verb bakéru means to change shape, to undergo metamorphosis, to haunt, and many other supernatural things.
Reading edition
Footnote 56:
(return)
Perhaps the term might be rendered "Shape-changing Jizō." The verb bakéru means to change shape, to undergo metamorphosis, to haunt, and many other supernatural things.