Hachiman
c. 720 CE – 2026 CEattested
Usa, Kyushu
- Japanese
Kami of archery and war, later the tutelary god of the samurai and of the Minamoto in particular. He is also a Buddhist bodhisattva, which is less a contradiction than an ordinary Japanese arrangement.
Known for
- patron of warriors
- kami and bodhisattva at once
- the Minamoto family god
Dates are estimates. A great deal of what this atlas covers is only datable to within a century.