VARIOUS PROTECTOR DEITIES IN JAPAN Click image to learn more about that deity
![Tengu -- Yamabushi and Karasume Tengu -- Yamabushi and Karasume](../assets/images/goblins-shinto-yamanakako.jpg) Tengu and Karasume (from Shinto Shrine in Yamanakako)
![Dragon (Ryuu) Dragon (Ryuu)](../assets/images/dragon-closeup-ryutakuji.jpg) (L) Baku 獏, eater of nightmares; often adorn temple roofs (M) Lion (shishi) at Jufukuji Temple, Kamakura (R) Dragon at Ryutakuji Temple
![Shitenno Shitenno](../assets/images/protector2hase.jpg) Shitenno Protectors (Four Heavenly Kings) Hase Kannon in Kamakura
![Aizen Myo-o statue at anique shop in Kamakura Aizen Myo-o statue at anique shop in Kamakura](../assets/images/kakuonji.gif) Aizen Myo-o Found in antique shops in Kamakura
![Tibetan Protector God Tibetan Protector God](../assets/images/074.gif) Lord Yama (Jp. = Enma), Lord of the Underworld
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