Ken’e-ō
Ken’e-ō is a male deity who resides beneath an Eryōju (Cloth-Hanging Tree) with Datsueba. When spirits reach the far side of the river, Datsueba strips the spirits of their clothes, which she then passes to Ken’e-ō who hangs the garments on the branches of the Eryōju and judges the severity of their sins by the weight of the clothes and how much water they absorbed during the spirit's crossing.
When
- First attested
- 1000 CE
- Attested period
- 1000 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Appears in texts from the 11th century onward.
Relationships
- consort of
- Datsueba
Sources
Source passages
“In the Jizō jūō kyō, Datsueba and her male counterpart, Ken’e-ō, reside beneath an Eryōju (Cloth-Hanging Tree). When the spirits reach the far side of the river, Datsueba strips the spirits of their clothes, which she then passes to Ken’e-ō who hangs the garments on the branches of the Eryōju and judges the severity of their sins by the weight of the clothes and how much water they absorbed during the spirit's crossing.”
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