Mt. Aikuo was a mountain to which people prayed for safe passage each time they sailed across the sea to the east, and the posture of putting his right hand over his eyes indicated that he looked protectively over distant ships.
阿育王山は東海に臨み海を渡る人々が、毎度山を望んで航海の安全を祈ったというが、その右手をもって額にかざすのは遥かにその船を望んでこれを保護する意があった。