Shukujin
deity single tradition · 1
Shukujin is a deity that Okina might be identical with, understood as a singular deity rather than a category. Konparu Zenchiku envisioned a complex network of connections between various shukujin, regarding all of them as manifestations of a single figure.
When
- First attested
- 1336 CE
- Attested period
- 1336 – 1573
- Historical notes
- Documented from the Muromachi period (1336–1573).
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Amida Buddha, Susano'o, Amaterasu, Shinra Myōjin, Gozu Tennō, Matarajin, Manjushri, Kōjin
- syncretized with
- Okina
Mentioned by
Sources
wikipedia (1)
Source passages
“Okina might be identical with Shukujin understood as a singular deity rather than a category, as indicated by Konparu Zenchiku in his work Meishuku shū (明宿集), in which he envisioned a complex network of connections between various shukujin, regarding all of them as manifestations of a single figure.”
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