Hachiman
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Hachiman is a syncretic Japanese deity identified as the divine spirit of the semi-legendary Emperor Ōjin.
The Shinto deity Hachiman (Kamakura period 1326) at Tokyo National Museum (Lent by Akana Hachimangū), Important Cultural Property
Empress Jingū, mother of Emperor Ōjin
Usa Shrine, at Usa in Oita Prefecture dedicated to Hachiman, founder and patron deity of this city
The Buddhist Sogyō Hachiman depicted in the attire of a Buddhist monk, syncretised from the Shinto deity Hachiman
Shinbutsu-shūgō
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Shinbutsu-shūgō, a.k.a. the Shinbutsu-konkō, is the syncretism of Shinto and Buddhism that was Japan's main organized religion up until the Meiji period. Beginning in 1868, the new Meiji government ap
Hachiman
…Hachiman (八幡神, Hachiman-shin; also read Hachiman no Kami) is a syncretic Japanese deity identified as the divine spirit of the semi-legendary Emperor Ōjin. He is regarded as an ancestral kami of the Imperial House of Japan…
Foxes sacred to Shinto kami Inari, a torii, a Buddhist stone pagoda, and Buddhist figures together at Jōgyō-ji, Kamakura
Prince Shōtoku, an early proponent of Buddhism and instrumental in the defeat of the Mononobe Clan