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Place · Buddhist · Southeast Asia · Fujisawa, Kanagawa, Japan

Enoshima

The island in Sagami Bay, Kanagawa, said to have risen from the sea in 552 as Benzaiten's home; its shrine (three shrines, Hetsumiya, Nakatsumiya, Okutsumiya) enshrines Benzaiten with the Munakata goddesses, and the Hojo clan's three-scale crest is traced to a prophecy given there.

Sources: Enoshima Shrine (Wikipedia); Enoshima Engi (Wikipedia) · see Enoshima's web

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