The Rokudō Jizō at Hakone was not as famous as the Kamakura Daibutsu across Sagami Bay, but was still a popular Victorian era tourist spot.
The photo here is from Isabella Stewart Gardner's Japan album from her visit in 1883. [https://tinyurl.com/mr3spj4f]
The postcard below is form the 1930s.
Peter Romaskiewicz, PhD
Despite the English caption, this is not a statue of the 9th century Buddhist monk Kōbō Daishi, otherwise known as Kūkai.
As the Japanese caption reads, this is a stone relief carving of the bodhisattva Jizō at Hakone, attributed to Kūkai’s skilled craftsmanship.
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