Datsueba and Keneo work as a pair at the bank of Sanzu-no-Kawa — she strips the robes from the dead, and he hangs them upon the Enra-no-eda tree, whose bowing branches reveal the weight of each soul's transgressions.
Datsueba strips the clothes from the dead at Sanzu-no-Kawa before they proceed to Emma-Ō's judgment hall. The weight of the garments, hung on a riverside tree, provides early evidence of the deceased's sins for Emma-Ō's court.
Datsueba strips the clothes of the dead at Sanzu-no-Kawa, while Jizō Bosatsu protects vulnerable souls — particularly children — from her judgment at the river crossing.
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