寿老人
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | ||
|---|---|---|
| 寿 | 老 | 人 |
| じゅ Grade: S |
ろう Grade: 4 |
じん Grade: 1 |
| on’yomi | ||
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| 壽老人 (kyūjitai) |
寿老人
Related terms
- 福禄寿 (Fukurokuju): god of happiness, wealth and longevity.
- 恵比須 / 恵比寿 / 夷 / 戎 (Ebisu): god of fishers or merchants, often depicted carrying a sea bream.
- 布袋 (Hotei): the fat and happy god of abundance and good health.
- 弁才天 / 弁財天 (べんざいてん, Benzaiten): The Japanese name for the Hindu goddess Saraswati. The goddess of knowledge, art, beauty, music, language, wisdom, poetry and rivers.
- 吉祥天 (Kitsushōten): the goddess of happiness, charm and beauty, of fertility, nature, and of human creativity, and the patronesses of joy, amusement and festivities.
- 大黒 / 大黒天 (Daikoku / Daikokuten): the god of wealth, commerce and trade. Ebisu and Daikoku are often paired and represented as carvings or masks on the walls of small retail shops.
- 毘沙門 / 毘沙門天 (Bishamon / Bishamonten): the god of warriors.
See also
寿老人 on the Japanese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ja- Jurōjin on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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