Daikokuten
The god of commerce and prosperity, sometimes considered a patron of cooks, farmers and bankers, and a protector of crops. He is also considered a demon hunter. One of the Seven Lucky Gods.
↻ synthesized from 5 sources
When
- Attested period
- 700 – 2020
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Daitengu, Sōjōbō, Danzaburou-danuki, Datsue-ba, Keneō, Dodomeki, Dōnotsura, Dōsojin, Marici, Futsunushi-no-Mikoto, Ōmononushi, Saptamātṛkās, Makakara Daikokunyo, Shinda Daikoku, Makara Daikoku, Ōnamuji-no-Kami, Ashihara-Shikoo, Ōkuninushi-no-Kami, Utsushikunitama-no-Kami, Yachihoko-no-Kami, Izumo-no-Ōkami, Ōnamuchi-no-Kami, Ōnamuti-no-Mikoto, Ōmononushi-no-Kami, Kunitsukuri Ōnamuchi-no-Mikoto, Ōkunitama-no-Kami, Ōanamochi-no-Mikoto, Ame-no-Shita-Tsukurashishi-Ōkami, Iwa-no-Ōkami, Daidarabotchi
- aspect of
- Seven Lucky Gods
- syncretized with
- Ōkuninushi, Mahākāla, Sannō Gongen
- allied with
- Benzaiten, Bishamonten, Ebisu
- has aspect
- Sanmen Daikokuten, Biku Daikoku, Ōji Kara Daikoku, Yasha Daikoku
Mentioned by
Sources
Source passages
“The god of commerce and prosperity, sometimes considered a patron of cooks, farmers and bankers, and a protector of crops. He is also considered a demon hunter. One of the Seven Lucky Gods.”
#5011 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“Mārīcī was also worshiped in the later Edo period as a goddess of wealth and prosperity by the merchant class, alongside Daikokuten (大黒天) and Benzaiten (弁財天) as part of a trio of "three deities" (三天 Santen).”
#15927 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Eian-ji Temple (Kanazawa City, Ishikawa Prefecture) Enshrined in Bentendo where vermilion Hiten dances with Bishamonten and Daikokuten”
#29119 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“The 17th-18th centuries (Edo period) marked the appearance of the cult of the Seven Lucky Gods (Shichifukujin), of which Daikokuten is a key member.”
#34485 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“As the first two characters of 'Ōkuninushi', 大国, can also be read as 'Daikoku', the god was conflated with the Buddhist divinity Daikokuten (Mahākāla) and came to be popularly referred to as Daikoku-sama (大黒様, だいこくさま).”
#39284 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001