Satsuma (former province located in the west of present-day Kagoshima Prefecture); sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)
bodhisattva; one who has reached enlightenment but vows to save all beings before becoming a buddha; High Monk (title bestowed by the imperial court); title bestowed to Shinto kami in manifestation theory
sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)
Kshitigarbha (bodhisattva who looks over children, travellers and the underworld) (travelers); Ksitigarbha; Jizo
Maitreya (Bodhisattva); Miroku
Avalokiteshvara (Bodhisattva); Avalokitesvara; Kannon; Kwannon; Guanyin; Buddhist deity of compassion
Kannon (Bodhisattva); Kwannon; Goddess of Mercy; Bodhisattva of Compassion; Guan Yin; Kuan Yin
Great Bodhisattva Hachiman (title of Hachiman due to Shinto-Buddhist syncretism)
Avalokiteshvara (Bodhisattva); Avalokitesvara; Kannon; Kwannon; Guanyin; Buddhist deity of compassion
Manjusri (Bodhisattva); Monju; Monjushuri; Wenshu
Akasagarbha (bodhisattva)
Mahasthamaprapta (bodhisattva)
Samantabhadra (Bodhisattva); Fugen; Puxian
O Great God of Arms, I beseech your aid against my enemy!
Anglo-Satsuma War (1863); Bombardment of Kagoshima
Myōken (bodhisattva; deification of the North Star or the Big Dipper)
Satsuma biwa; Satsuma lute
satsuma-age; deep-fried ball of fish paste
miso soup with pork or chicken (originally boned chicken chunks) with daikon, carrots, great burdock or sweet potatoes; meat chowder
traveling while deliberately not paying a fare (travelling)
Suryaprabha (bodhisattva)
Candraprabha (bodhisattva)
Bhaisajyaraja (bodhisattva)
image of the Samantabhadra of long life (with either two or twenty arms, usu. on a white elephant)
Tara (female aspect of Avalokitesvara)
Satsumasendai City (Kagoshima)