Bishamonten

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Japanese Buddhist deity Vaisravana guardian deity member of the Seven Lucky Gods war deity

Bishamonten is a Japanese Buddhist deity of war and warriors, revered as a protector of righteous fighters and bringer of good fortune.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Vaiśravaṇa 3
Niō 1

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Japanese Buddhist deity ⓘ
Vaisravana ⓘ
guardian deity ⓘ
member of the Seven Lucky Gods ⓘ
war deity ⓘ
associatedWith fortune ⓘ
protection ⓘ
victory ⓘ
war ⓘ
wealth ⓘ
associatedWithDirection north ⓘ
associatedWithElement earth ⓘ
countryOfCult Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ
cultCenter Kurama-dera NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mount Kurama NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tōdai-ji NERFINISHED ⓘ
depictedAs armored warrior deity ⓘ
equivalent Vaiśravaṇa in Indian Buddhism NERFINISHED ⓘ
Vessavaṇa in Theravada tradition ⓘ
hasDomain battle ⓘ
protection of the state ⓘ
treasures ⓘ
wealth ⓘ
iconographicAttribute angry expression ⓘ
armor ⓘ
helmet ⓘ
pagoda ⓘ
spear ⓘ
standing on demons ⓘ
stupa-shaped pagoda ⓘ
treasure pagoda ⓘ
influenced samurai warrior ethos ⓘ
memberOf Shichifukujin NERFINISHED ⓘ
mythologicalOrigin Hindu god Kubera NERFINISHED ⓘ
originatesFrom Indian deity Vaiśravaṇa NERFINISHED ⓘ
otherName Tamonten NERFINISHED ⓘ
Vaiśravaṇa NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Four Heavenly Kings NERFINISHED ⓘ
protects Buddhist practitioners ⓘ
Buddhist temples ⓘ
righteous fighters ⓘ
religion Buddhism ⓘ
role bringer of good fortune ⓘ
guardian of the north ⓘ
protector of Buddhist law ⓘ
protector of the righteous ⓘ
protector of warriors ⓘ
title Heavenly King NERFINISHED ⓘ
King of the North NERFINISHED ⓘ
worshippedBy military leaders ⓘ
samurai ⓘ
warriors ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Uesugi clan → associatedFigure → Bishamonten ⓘ
Dhṛtarāṣṭra → groupWith → Bishamonten ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vaiśravaṇa
Temple 51: Ishiteji → hasGateGuardianStatues → Bishamonten ⓘ
subject surface form: Ishiteji
this entity surface form: Niō
Four Heavenly Kings → hasMember → Bishamonten ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vaiśravaṇa
Virūḍhaka → otherMembers → Bishamonten ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vaiśravaṇa
Uesugi Kenshin → religiousDevotion → Bishamonten ⓘ