Kōshin
Sign in to savethumb|A Kōshin scroll|right or is a folk belief in Japan with Taoist origins, influenced by Shinto, Buddhism and other local beliefs.
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It is catalogued under topics including Japanese folk religion, Kōshin and Sannō Ichijitsu Shintō.
Its subject is documented across 6 Wikipedia language editions.
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- Instance of
- folk religion
- Named after
- Yang Metal Monkey
- Image
- Brooklyn Museum - Painting of Shomen - Kongo.jpg
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- Commons category
- Kōshin (worship)
- influenced by
- Shinto
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thumb|A Kōshin scroll|right or is a folk belief in Japan with Taoist origins, influenced by Shinto, Buddhism and other local beliefs.
An event related to the belief is called , held on the Kōshin days that occur every 60 days in accordance with the Chinese sexagenary cycle. On this day some believers stay awake to prevent , entities believed to live inside the bodies of believers, from leaving during that night in order to report the deeds of believers to the god Tentei.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kōshin” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.