Gongen

A Gongen (権現) is a kind of kami or shinto deity. A gongen has a Buddhist part and a Shinto part.

They were banned during the Meiji Restoration, so all Gongen shrines had to remove their Buddhist parts.

Examples

• Atago Gongen

• Kasuga Gongen
• Kompira Gongen
• Kumano Gongen

References

1. ↑ Encyclopedia of Shinto, Gongen accessed on October 5, 2008
2. ↑ Tamura, Yoshirō; Hunter, Jeffrey (2000). Japanese Buddhism: a cultural history. Tokyo: Kosei publ. ISBN 978-4-333-01684-6.
3. ↑ "Encyclopedia of Shinto - Home : Folk Religion : Gongen shinkō". eos.kokugakuin.ac.jp (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 20 May 2008. Retrieved 2025-12-14.