salvation, Buddha
1. bodhisattva; one who has reached enlightenment but vows to save all beings before becoming a buddha — explanation
2. High Monk (title bestowed by the imperial court)
3. title bestowed to Shinto kami in manifestation theory
1. Satsuma (former province located in the west of present-day Kagoshima Prefecture)
2. sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)
1. Satsuma and Chōshū (clan alliance)
1. Satchō Alliance; 1866 alliance between the feudal domains of Satsuma and Chōshū — explanation
1. Lhasa (China)
1. Kshitigarbha (bodhisattva who looks over children, travellers and the underworld); Ksitigarbha
1. Great Bodhisattva Hachiman (title of Hachiman due to Shinto-Buddhist syncretism)
1. Manjusri (Bodhisattva); Monju
1. Akasagarbha (bodhisattva)
1. Candraprabha (bodhisattva)
