Jizo & Butterfly Tattoo
Dublin Core
Title
Jizo & Butterfly Tattoo
Subject
Tattoo Art
Bodhisatva
Memorial
Parental Grief
LGBTQ people
Autobiographical memory
Description
Sketch and photograph of upper arm tattoo, the Buddhist figure Jizo in a red robe with children in the folds, releasing a yellow butterfly from his hand.
"In 2010, 6 years after my only child, Nia, was stillborn, I designed this tattoo based on the myth/story of the Japanese bodhisatva, Jizo. The story is that he is the guardian of children who die before their parents. There are statues of him all over Japan. It’s an amazing story- I encourage you to look it up- it’s more than I can include here. The yellow butterfly represents my daughter- as Jizo sets her free."
"In 2010, 6 years after my only child, Nia, was stillborn, I designed this tattoo based on the myth/story of the Japanese bodhisatva, Jizo. The story is that he is the guardian of children who die before their parents. There are statues of him all over Japan. It’s an amazing story- I encourage you to look it up- it’s more than I can include here. The yellow butterfly represents my daughter- as Jizo sets her free."
Creator
Jodi Murphy
Source
Personal Collection of Jodi Murphy
Publisher
unpublished
Date
May 27, 2004
Contributor
Nia’s Mommy, Jodi Murphy
Rights
In copyright, https://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en
Format
jpg
Type
Still Image
Identifier
Jizo tattoo_01
Citation
Jbee70, “Jizo & Butterfly Tattoo,” LGBTQ+ Reproductive Loss, accessed April 20, 2024, https://www.lgbtqreproductiveloss.org/items/show/58.