The prayers are engraved on it, for the happiness of the soul of the Priest and Governor of Mutsu Province whose calm presence vanished in smoke in past December to descend into the land of the dead.
過ぎし年の11月下旬、煙とともにあのおだやかな姿を消し、黄泉の国に赴いた陸奥守入道の菩提を弔う趣旨の願文が彫り込まれている。