Tamanoike Benzaiten in Tama, Togane City, is a small shrine gathering regional faith as the goddess of the arts, good fortune, and wisdom. Located in the lake-and-marsh area of Togane, it exists in a natural environment where Benzaiten faith as the water goddess has taken root. Benzaiten is the only female deity among the Seven Lucky Gods, and her image holding a biwa lute symbolizes her as the pa…
Tamanoike Benzaiten is traditionally said to have been founded around 1600, during the Keicho era. It is enshrined in the lake-and-marsh district of Togane, a natural setting where faith in Benzaiten as the water goddess has long been established. In the early Edo period, Tokugawa Ieyasu was known t…
Flourishing trade, new-shop openings, successful deals. A central prayer at Inari and Ebisu shrines.
Derived from the enshrined deity "弁財天"
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