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"Guardian of the Sea"
Written by John R. K. Clark, University of Hawaii Press. $19.95
This nonfiction paperback is about the shoreline statues of Jizo, a Buddhist figure dedicated to protection and enlightenment. Erected by issei, first-generation Japanese Americans, Jizo statues served as guardians of ulua fishermen casting in remote and dangerous coastal areas.
