καιρός remembered

From statues to stones

As the years go by and memories of the deceased children for whom they were erected fade, these ancient statues gradually weather and lose their Jizo-like features in a natural process of decay. Carved from stone into statues, and returned from statues to stone.

Photo of the week: Old Jizo statues at Daitoku-ji, Kyoto, Japan 2008

(For Jizo statues see also an earlier post on my blog: The amiable army )