suijaku 垂迹
KEY WORD : art history / general terms
 
Lit. trace manifestation. The equivalent for *kami 神 (got), in the pairing of Buddhist and Shinto deities called *honji suijaku 本地垂迹. Thus suijaku is the very concept that Japanese Shinto deities are manifestations of the Buddhist ones which latter are therefore the actual deities.
 
 

 
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*Shintou bijutsu 神道美術, *honjibutsu 本地仏 
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