弓ゆみ矢や八はち幡まん

noun

Hachiman, god of war and archery

Shinto deity associated with archery and warriors; the name literally combines 'bow and arrow' (弓矢) with 'Hachiman' (八幡).

• 弓ゆみ矢や八はち幡まんは武ぶ士しの守しゅ護ご神しんとして信しん仰こうされた。

  Yumiya Hachiman was worshipped as the guardian deity of warriors.