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Mahākāla(大黒天)

Daikoku-ten (大黒天) is originates from Hinduism, and in Japan there are three kinds of Daikoku which differ in from and implication: Mahayana Buddhism, Esoteric Buddhism and created through syncretization of "Ōkuninushi no Mikoto" (a Shinto deity) with Daikoku-ten of Buddhism.


Daikoku-ten is known as a god who gives wealth. This  Daikokuten belongs to Mahayana Buddhism.
Mahākāla(大黒天)
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Mahākāla(大黒天)

H9.0cm カヤ材, 一木造り 木彫 吉田安成 (個人蔵, 2019) Japanese torreya sculpture in ichiboku-zukuri style Carved by YOSHIDA Yasumasa (in private possession,2019 Read More

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