about. , Tlxes'
jP& of. -water,
"of other kin
a and his ki]
tombs and inc
the moisture
of- Bud<
■\The
such is
e placed, £r<
chi are depo
id deities.
y enHed’. fvc
J before th
t lv fo u n d n<
to. d a -
render*
ed, S it jrved that, as
eeeased, were
ve after them,
ife, among wl:
caps
idols:
tit u s , are mscranea w h o epivaparo j ww t
that they are soon covered with moss
s fresher ones, however, could be detfi-
in Otir own practice^ the rank, merits,
usually recorded. That the good deeds
there is often a summary of their mer~
ich we read that some have recited one
canonical
the eulo*
, wonderof
ro thousand, and even three thousand
lount of pious performance which ent
tnem. says
ese epitaphs, to heavenly felicity. An
!■ ” generally prefaces the inscriptions.
there is a sort' of pantomimic recor
enclosure of bamboo, there* is a sepul«
r statues and those of their families and1 servants are repr
ling an audience, which indicates the rank of the ^deceased
the deceased, where,
>£ two personages of
represent-'
he- recent graves and tombs narrow boards or wooden posts are
which extracts from the canonical books are written, -exhorting
to add to their stock of good works by diligently repeating the
those excellent volumes, or vicariously performing that necessary
I g the priests to . <
rges. ' Thé canoi
■ the
tortnesj
¡¡ed, rea
of id tl
thus :
A l i n t h e
monuments endure fo®
hint, that these hopes 1
the prompt payment <
hama, in addition to ts
upon which were writte
acters, the purport of
■/•i; wish:?. have his merit reach even to the
? sfith, u& and all living, become perfect in the
he wise will make our halls illustrious and the
agea.v To them all was added a significant
pirations were to be secured in their objects by
contributions levied on the living- At Yoku-
arious Japanese inscriptions, there were boards
ms hi the Thibetan or complicated Chinese char-
the writers themselves do not profess to under