Gongen

thumb|250px|Nikkō Tōshō-gū enshrines [[Tokugawa Ieyasu under the posthumous name of Tōshō Daigongen.]]

right|thumb|A gongen-zukuri shrine. From the top: honden, ishi-no-ma, haiden. In yellow the ridges of the roofs , also called , and , is a complex Shinto shrine structure in which the haiden, or worship hall, and the honden, or main sanctuary, are interconnected under the same roof in the shape of an H.

Japanese Buddhist theory incorporating kami into the Buddhist pantheon

a Japanese kami believed to be the local avatar (Gongen) of Buddhist bodhisattva Kṣitigarbha. The cult originated in Shugendō practices on Mount Atago in Kyoto

painted Japanese handscrolls

water deity

Shinto shrine in Gunma Prefecture, Japan