also: せいめんこんごう
noun
Shōmen Kongō; Blue-Faced Vajra
A blue-skinned Buddhist deity with multiple arms, originally from esoteric Buddhism and later incorporated into folk kōshin-machi beliefs. Often depicted with two, four, or six arms, and associated with causing illness.
青面金剛は、庚申待の本尊として祀られることがある。
Shōmen Kongō is sometimes enshrined as the principal image of the kōshin-machi vigil.
この掛け軸には、三面六臂の青面金剛が描かれている。
This hanging scroll depicts a three-faced, six-armed Shōmen Kongō.
The name combines 青面 (blue face) and 金剛 (vajra/indestructible). The deity originated in esoteric Buddhist texts and was later adopted into Japanese folk religion.