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Edward Theodore Chalmers Werner (1864–1954)  · Public domain  · a work of art, not a likeness

Deity Five House Gods

kitchen god

灶君 zh かまど神 ja 조왕신 ko

The most important of a plethora of Chinese domestic gods that protect the hearth and family

  • Also called Zao Jun, Zao Shen, Stove God

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Utagawa Kunisada (歌川国貞; b. 1786, d. 1865) · Public domain

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