A Benzaiten shrine enshrined within Inokashira Park, a precious religious facility conveying the syncretic form of Shinto and Buddhism to the present day.
The enshrined deity is Benzaiten (Ichikishimahime no Mikoto), long venerated as the guardian of music, arts, and financial fortune.
Inokashira Pond, also called 'Nanai no Ike' (Seven Springs Pond), was a renowned Musashino spring, and in the Edo…
According to tradition, Benzaiten was enshrined at the shore of Inokashira Pond in 1197 at the behest of Minamoto no Yoritomo, marking the founding of the shrine. Inokashira Pond, renowned as the finest spring of Musashino and called 'Nanai no Ike' (Seven Springs Pond), has long been venerated as a …
Flourishing trade, new-shop openings, successful deals. A central prayer at Inari and Ebisu shrines.
Derived from the enshrined deity "市杵嶋姫命(弁財天)"
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