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Atago Gongen

愛宕權現 zh 愛宕権現 ja 아타고곤겐 ko

A Japanese kami believed to be the local avatar (Gongen) of Buddhist bodhisattva Kṣitigarbha. The cult originated in Shugendō practices on Mount Atago in Kyoto

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a Japanese kami believed to be the local avatar (Gongen) of Buddhist bodhisattva Kṣitigarbha. The cult originated in Shugendō practices on Mount Atago in KyotoWikidata record description. Read Atago Gongen in the Wikipedia reader.

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