Sarasvatī was introduced to China (via India) around the 4th century CE, where her name was transliterated as 薩羅薩伐底 (Jp = Sarasabatei) and translated as 辯才天 or 弁才天 (Chn. = Biàncáitiān, Jp. = Benzaiten), meaning "excellent orator." These three characters accurately reflect her...
Saēna is also a personal name, which is root of the name. c) The Saeno-Saena-Syenah-Xarnah group of bird icons have to do with fortune, health and wealth or prosperity, including nourishing rain for a bounty of crops. Saena is a rain-bringer (with a role much like a sky- or ...
At Kosenji Temple in Kusatsu Onsen town (Gunma Prefecture), there is mysteriously placed among the other bodhisattva steles, dosojin statues, etc. a very small statue that is almost identical to thedol hareubangor stone grandfather guardians of Cheju Island of Sout...
The short answer is that these extras exist to encourage domestic shoppers to buy physical music manufactured in Japan rather than import records from the U.S. or elsewhere. The cost to manufacture CDs in Japan is significantly higher, meaning that by the time they hit the shelves, a standard...