権ごん現げん

noun

manifestation of a Buddha as a Shinto kami

A term from honji suijaku thought, where a Buddhist deity temporarily appears in the form of a native Japanese kami to save sentient beings. Often encountered in historical and religious contexts, especially in reference to figures like Tokugawa Ieyasu (Tōshō Daigongen).

• 東とう照しょう大だい権ごん現げんは徳とく川がわ家いえ康やすの神しん号ごうである。

  Tōshō Daigongen is the posthumous Shinto title of Tokugawa Ieyasu.

• 権ごん現げん造づくりの神じん社じゃは、本ほん地じ垂すい迹じゃくの思し想そうを反はん映えいしている。

  Shrines built in the Gongen style reflect the honji suijaku concept.