Ashisogi Jizo

Ashisogi Jizō (疋殺地蔵; Leg-Cutting Jizō) is Mayuri's Zanpakutō. Ksitigarbha is a bodhisattva that watches over children and the underworld. In Japan, where he is known as Jizō, he looks rather like a baby dressed as a Buddhist monk. In Zanpakutō form, Ashisogi Jizō has what looks like a giant baby's head on it. Its hilt is wrapped in cloth, and has several spiky protrusions sticking out right below the blade, which appear to resemble leaves. Shikai Ashisogi Jizō's Shikai command is "Rip" (掻き毟れ, kakimushire).

In its Shikai, Ashisogi Jizō transforms into a deformed trident with curved, serpentine blades and a guard shaped like a baby's head (as Ksitigarbha is depicted), all mounted on Mayuri's sword's normal hilt. Shikai Special Ability: The baby's mouth secretes a poisonous vapor in this form. The weapon works like the venom of a spider bite; when an opponent is stabbed by Ashisogi Jizō, it severs the brain signals controlling the neural impulses for movement in the limb's of the victim, regardless of where they were struck. Unlike regular paralysis, the pain receptors and nerve endings are unaffected by the weapon, so the victim can still feel pain, even in a paralyzed limb.

During the Bount arc, it is shown that healing the stab wound does not immediately remove the inflicted paralysis. Bankai Konjiki Ashisogi Jizō (金色疋殺地蔵; Golden Leg-Cutting Jizō):