Deities for Academic & Study

33 deities · 77 places

Deities

Ame-no-Yagokoro-Omoikane-no-mikoto

wisdomwisdom and learning2 temples

Amida Nyorai

Boshin war deadJodo Shinshu devotionPure Land devotion47 temples

Confucius

scholarship success1 temples

Confucius (Koshi)

scholarship success1 temples

Dogen Zenji

Zen study and discipline1 temples

Emperor Tenji

exams and karuta1 temples

Hirata Atsutane

scholarship success1 temples

Hoshina Masayuki

children study success1 temples

Jingu Kogo (Empress Jingu)

fugu fishery and memorialshogi skill improvement2 temples

Juntei Kannon

child-granting & safe birthpoetry & learning mastery2 temples

Kiyohara no Yorinari

academic success1 temples

Kokuzo Bosatsu

wisdom & akabeko luck1 temples

Kokuzo Bosatsu

coming-of-age wisdomlakeside en-musubimemory and wisdom8 temples

Kuebiko-no-Kami

wisdom and exams1 temples

Monju Bosatsu

exam wisdomwisdomwisdom & exam success6 temples

Nabeshima Naomasa

learning and culture1 temples

Ninomiya Sontoku

diligence in study1 temples

Okuninushi-no-mikoto

en-musubien-musubi Your Name shrinehare of Inaba healing4 temples

Prince Munenaga (Munenaga Shinno)

poetry and longevity1 temples

Prince Shotoku

craftsmen's patronagewisdom of Shotoku2 temples

Prince Toneri

scholarship success1 temples

Sakuma Shozan

science and innovation1 temples

Sanada Yukimura (Nobushige)

never-fall exam luck1 temples

Sanjo Sanetsumu

scholarship and pure water1 temples

Senju Kannon

ancestral spirit mountaincape fudaraku maritime safetycompassionate protection17 temples

Shaka Nyorai

47 ronin memorialDate family bodaijiFujiwara clan protection44 temples

Sugawara no Michizane

exam successexam success and luckexam success first tenmangu26 temples

Sugawara no Michizane

exam successfire and flood protectionlovers' union16 temples

Sugawara no Michizane (Tenjin)

exam success1 temples

Tokugawa Mitsukuni (Mito Komon)

wisdom and scholarship1 temples

Uji no Wakiiratsuko

academic success1 temples

Yagokoro Omoikane-no-mikoto

wisdom and learning1 temples

Yoshida Shoin

scholarship successstudy and exam success2 temples

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