A gongen (権現), literally "incarnation", was believed to be the manifestation of a buddha in the form of an indigenous kami, an entity who had come to guide...

Other key figures are Gongen (権現), which are considered to be the manifestation of Buddhas as Japanese kami. Zaō Gongen (蔵王権現) is one of the most important...

shrines and the Matsunoo Taisha network. They are also known as Sanno Gongen (山王権現) in a Buddhist context. They are the son of Toshigami and grandson of Susanoo...

among others. She is also referred to as Tate Eboshi (立烏帽子), Suzuka Gongen (鈴鹿権現) and Princess Suzuka (鈴鹿姫). In folklore, she is a female thief, a celestial...

in the Kii Mountain Range". The main deity enshrined is Kumano Gongen (熊野権現). All of the ancient Kumano Kodō routes lead to the Grand Shrine. It was originally...

District of Kanagawa Prefecture. It is also known as the Hakone Gongen (箱根権現). The primary kami of Hakone Shrine are Ninigi-no-Mikoto (瓊瓊杵尊) Konohanasakuya-hime...

priest ever to serve at Nikkō Tōshō-gū. Tablet reads "Tōshō Dai-Gongen" (東照大権現) on the torii. Attributed to Emperor Go-Mizunoo Oranda dōrō (Dutch lantern)...

name. Also called yotsuashi torii (四脚鳥居, four-legged torii), gongen torii (権現鳥居) or chigobashira torii (稚児柱鳥居), the ryōbu torii (両部鳥居) is a daiwa torii...

Japanese Middle Ages, shrines started being called with the name gongen (権現), a term of Buddhist origin. For example, in Eastern Japan there are still...

Kotohira-gū (金刀比羅宮) (also known as Konpira-dai-gongen (金比羅大権現), Konpira-san (こんぴらさん), or Konpira Shrine in English) is a Shinto shrine in the town of Kotohira...