Bodhisattva (bosatsu)
Kongōgan Jizō
金剛願地蔵
This is a Jizō listed as one of the Six Jizō.
This introduction is based on materials from Shōhōin (Tobi Fudō). It is summarized within the scope of the beliefs and traditions those materials convey, and does not present explanations or customs common to all schools, shrines, and temples.
English pages are the site’s own translations of its Japanese pages. The sources cited are in Japanese. 日本語で読む
The name and role of Kongōgan Jizō
This is a Jizō listed as one of the Six Jizō. It is explained as the Jizō who saves from hell among the six realms, and the object held and the hand gesture are briefly recorded.
Source: 飛不動尊 正宝院・飛不動尊 正宝院・飛不動尊 正宝院
Tracing the form and the traditions
It is introduced in a form holding 炎魔幢 in the left hand and forming 成弁印 with the right hand.
Source: 飛不動尊 正宝院・飛不動尊 正宝院・飛不動尊 正宝院
Staying close to the suffering of the six worlds
The Six Jizō are a faith in Jizō Bosatsu saving the beings of each of the six realms: hell, hungry ghosts, animals, asura, humans and heavenly beings. They have been enshrined at places such as cemetery entrances, with prayers for the salvation of those who have died. Seen together, the six figures express Jizō's work of bringing salvation to every condition of life.
Source: 浄土宗
The Six Jizō have several lines of names
Shōhōin lists one set of six that includes 預天賀地蔵 and another set of six that includes 地持地蔵. The combinations of names, forms and objects held are not fixed. This site also keeps the two lines separate, and does not mean that all twelve form one set of Six Jizō.
Source: 飛不動尊 正宝院
Related kami and buddhas
Sources (in Japanese)
- 飛不動尊 正宝院「仏様の世界：金剛願地蔵」（2026-10-14 確認）
- 飛不動尊 正宝院「仏様の世界：目次」（2026-10-14 確認）
- 飛不動尊 正宝院「仏様の世界：六地蔵」（2026-10-14 確認）
- 浄土宗「新纂浄土宗大辞典：六地蔵」（2026-10-15 確認）