毘沙門 Bishamon – God of War

Bishamon, God of War; Wikimedia Commons.

Bishamon (毘沙門), is one of the the seven gods of good fortune in Japanese mythology. Originally a Buddhist deity from India, this god of warfare and protector of the righteous was popular during the rise of Japanese militarism in the 1930s.

 

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