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Definition of Japanese deity
1. Noun. A deity worshipped by the Japanese.
Specialized synonyms: Amaterasu, Amaterasu Omikami, Hachiman, Hotei, Izanagi, Izanami, Kami, Kwannon, Ninigi, Ninigino-mikoto
Lexicographical Neighbors of Japanese Deity
Literary usage of Japanese deity
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Political Philosophy of Modern Shintō: A Study of the State Religion of by Daniel Clarence Holtom (1922)
"... as one of the important agents in the separation of Heaven and Earth introduces
intelligible content into the title of this particular Japanese deity. ..."
2. Transactions of the Asiatic Society of Japan by Asiatic Society of Japan (1880)
"... of Happiness are comprised and confounded two different deities, one of Buddhist
origin, known in our text as Ben-zai-ten, the other a Japanese deity. ..."
3. Universal Geography: Or A Description of All Parts of the World, on a New by Conrad Malte-Brun (1827)
"... a Japanese deity, are the only acts of religion that have been observed among
them. They have no alphabet, and no coin. They trade entirely by barter. ..."
4. Universal Geography: Or, A Description of All Parts of the World, on a New by Conrad Malte-Brun (1829)
"... a Japanese deity, are the only acts of relig that have been observed among them.
Thoy have no alphabet, and no coin. "• Dumb ь»г- I trade entirely liv ..."
5. Japan and the Japanese: From the Most Authentic and Reliable Sources by Talbot Watts (1852)
"... of fires in honor of Kamoi, a Japanese deity, are the only religious ceremonies
that have been observed among then). They have no alphabet and no coin. ..."
6. A Handbook for Travellers in Japan: Including the Whole Empire from Yezo to by Basil Hall Chamberlain, W. B. Mason, John Murray (Firm) (1901)
"... is none other than Kotohira, a hitherto obscure Japanese deity whose name has
a convenient similarity in sound. Consequently the great Buddhist shrine ..."
7. A Handbook for Travellers in Japan Including the Whole Empire from Saghalien by John Murray (Firm), Basil Hall Chamberlain, W. B. Mason (1907)
"... is none other than Kotohira, a hitherto obscure Japanese deity whose name has
a convenient similarity in sound. Consequently, the great Buddhist shrine ..."
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