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Tenjin

Tenjin

See also: tenjin

English

Tenjin Crossing to China, late 15th century by Sesshin, Muromachi period, Ink on paper, courtesy of the Smithsonian Institute

Proper noun

Tenjin

  1. (mythology, Shintō) A Japanese god of the heavens; and also refers to the Shinto kami of scholarship.

Japanese

Romanization

Tenjin

  1. rōmaji reading of てんじん

tenjin

tenjin

See also: Tenjin

Japanese

Romanization

tenjin

  1. rōmaji reading of てんじん

Etymology

From Japanese 天神 ‎(Tenjin), from 天 (tʰen "Heaven") + 神 (ʒin "deity", "god").

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