Gan i shi kudoku
Fu-gyū o issai
Gatō yo shujō
Kai-gu jō butsudo.
By virtue of this good action I beseech that the merit of it may be extended to all, and that we and all living beings may fulfil the Way of Buddha.[20]
The fifth day of the seventh month of the thirtieth year of Meiji, by —— ——, this sotoba has been set up.
III.—Sotoba of the Jōdo Sect.
(Invocation.)
Hail to the Buddha Amida!
(Commemorative mention.)
This for the sake of—(here kaimyō follows).
(Sutra text.)