1631. A statue of Sanmen Daikokuten attributed to Kūkai is enshrined in the Daikoku-dō beside the temple's main hall. Gokoku-in (護国院) (Taitō City, Tokyo) - Tendai Part of the Ueno Park-Kan'ei-ji temple complex. Enshrines a painting of Daikokuten attributed to Fujiwara no Nobuzane donated to the temple by Tokugawa Iemitsu. Kyōō-ji (経王寺) (Haramachi, Shinjuku City, Tokyo) - Nichiren-shū Founded in 1598 by the monk Nichijō, who installed there an image of Daikokuten from Kuon-ji said to have been carved by Nichiren's disciple Nippō. Daihō-ji (大法寺) (Moto-Azabu, Minato City, Tokyo) - Nichiren-shū Founded in 1597. The image of Daikokuten kept in this temple, known as 'Sanshin Gusoku Daikoku-sonten' (三神具足大黒尊天), features the deity with the attributes of Benzaiten (hairstyle) and Bishamonten (armor). Hōju-ji (宝珠寺) - (Onogawamachi, Yonezawa City, Yamagata Prefecture) - Shingon (Daigo-ha) Popularly known as Kinoe-ne Daikokuten Honzan (甲子大黒天本山). The image of Daikokuten in this temple is attributed to Kūkai and was originally from Dainichi-ji (大日寺, in modern Nishikawa, Nishimurayama District), one of the four bettō-ji (administrative temples) of Mount Yudono, one of the Three Sacred Mountains of Dewa Province (Dewa Sanzan). The statue was transferred to its current location after Dainichi-ji was converted into a Shinto shrine during the Meiji period. In popular culture One theory claims that the term daikoku-bashira (大黒柱), referring to the central supporting pillar of a traditional Japanese house, originated from Daikokuten's name. This word has also come to figuratively refer to the chief breadwinner of a family. The wife of a Buddhist monk was also referred to in popular slang as Daikoku, due to Daikokuten's association with the kitchen and the household in general. A traditional art widely performed during the medieval and early modern periods known as Daikoku-mai (大黒舞, lit. "dance of Daikoku") involved performers - usually social outcasts (hinin) - costumed as Daikokuten going from door to door to dance and sing in exchange for donations. See also Bhairava Gajasurasamhara Kubera Pañcika Mahākāli Dakini Ebisu Seven Lucky Gods Tenbu (天部) Shinbutsu-shūgō Hinduism in Japan References Bibliography External links Matsugasaki Daikokuten (Sakyō-ku, Kyoto) Official Website (in Japanese) Kyōō-ji (Shinjuku, Tokyo) Official Website (in Japanese) Mano-dera (Minamibōsō, Chiba Prefecture) Official Website (in Japanese) Statue of Daikokuten at Mano-dera (in Japanese) Daitoku-in (Ama, Aichi Prefecture) Official Website (in Japanese) Daikoku-ji (Habikino, Osaka Prefecture) Official Website (in Japanese) Description of Daikoku-ji (from OSAKA-INFO) Depictions of Daikokuten Statue of Daikokuten at Kanzeon-ji, Dazaifu, Fukuoka Prefecture (in Japanese) Daikokuten