Stock Photo: Water God, Dragon God Of Chozuya, Itsukushima Shrine Benten
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Shrine in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan - Itsukushima Shrine NukibentenNukibenten is now a place name, but it refers to Itsukushima Shrine, where Minamoto no Yoshiie once prayed for victory in battle. There is a legend about Minamoto no Yoshiie because the old Kamakura Highway ran through this area.Bentensha, whose precincts can be passed north and south, and which can overcome hardships, is worshiped by the common people as the so-called Nukibenten, and is counted as one of the Rokubenten of Edo and the Seven Lucky Gods of Shinjuku Yamate.
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