thousand-arms

Updated: May 20, 2025

For many days they slept there; then somebody found them, and a bed was made for them in the hakaba of the Temple of Kwannon-of-the- Thousand-Arms. And the innkeeper, having heard these things, gave the futon to the priests of the temple, and caused the kyo to be recited for the little souls. And the futon ceased thereafter to speak.

Lafcadio Hearn - Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan : Second Series