Kōshin

pictorial maxim, embodying the proverbial principle “see/hear/speak no evil”, depicted as three monkeys

deity in Shinto; leader of the earthly kami

small Temple, Higashiyama 7th Century, Japan

thumb|A Kōshin scroll|right or is a folk belief in Japan with Taoist origins, influenced by Shinto, Buddhism and other local beliefs.

in Daoism, 3 demonic creatures living in the 3 dantian (head, chest, abdomen) of the human body, entering the person at birth; they seek to hasten the death of their host and, after death, are freed from the body and become malevolent ghosts