Hachiman
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thumb|300px|The Shinto deity Hachiman (Kamakura period 1326) at [[Tokyo National Museum (Lent by Akana Hachimangū), Important Cultural Property]] , formerly known in Shinto as Yahata, is the syncretic divinity of archery and war, incorporating elements from both Shinto and Japanese Buddhism.
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- native label
- 誉田別命
- time of earliest written record
- 0737-00-00
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10 sectionsContents
- Overview
- ''Himegami''
- Empress Jingū
- Imperial Ancestral Deity
- Shinto-Buddhist Syncretism of Hachiman
- Worship of Hachiman by the samurai
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- External links
thumb|300px|The Shinto deity Hachiman (Kamakura period 1326) at [[Tokyo National Museum (Lent by Akana Hachimangū), Important Cultural Property]] , formerly known in Shinto as Yahata, is the syncretic divinity of archery and war, incorporating elements from both Shinto and Japanese Buddhism.
The first mention of Hachiman is found in the Shoku Nihongi, which writes that offerings were sent in 794 CE to shrines of Hachiman in the event of conflict with the Korean kingdom of Silla.