Monday 14 December 2009

XXXIV - Nikko




One of the four kadomori-no-kami of Nitenmon (二天門) gate is Fūjin (風神), the god of wind and one of the eldest Shinto gods. He carries a large bag of winds on his shoulders, which he is said to have released when the world was created to clear the mists between heaven and earth, so that the sun could shine. This gate leads to Taiyūin-byō shrine.

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