青しょう面めん金こん剛ごう

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.

See also: 密教 · 庚申待

• 青しょう面めん金こん剛ごうは、庚こう申しん待まちの本ほん尊ぞんとして祀まつられることがある。

  Shōmen Kongō is sometimes enshrined as the principal image of the kōshin-machi vigil.

• この掛かけ軸じくには、三さん面めん六ろっ臂ぴの青しょう面めん金こん剛ごうが描えがかれている。

  This hanging scroll depicts a three-faced, six-armed Shōmen Kongō.