Daikoku-ten (大黒天) is originates from Hinduism, and in Japan there are three kinds of Daikoku which differ in from and implication: Mahayana Buddhism, Esoteric Buddhism and created through syncretization of "Ōkuninushi no Mikoto" (a Shinto deity) with Daikoku-ten of Buddhism.


Daikoku-ten is known as a god who gives wealth. This  Daikokuten belongs to Mahayana Buddhism.

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