Takanawa Konjaku Monogatari
Learning the past and present of Takanawa areaDIGITAL HISTORY of TAKANAWA
Comparing the Buddhist statue at a temple (Kofukuji) on the elevated area of Takanawa, and the housing building in the background. The "Ghost Buddha" statue installed here is said to raise the children of deceased mothers, and it is currently worshiped as the guardian Ksitigarbha of childbirth.