Gozu Tennō (牛頭天王, lit. "Ox-Headed Heavenly King") is a syncretic Japanese deity of disease and healing. Originally imported to Japan from mainland Asia...

origins), Gozu Tennō was widely revered since the Heian period as a god of pestilence, who both caused disease and cured them. Gozu Tennō became associated...

with nearly 400 paper lanterns, float down the Tenno River. The festival honors the deity Gozu Tenno. This festival also takes place in Tokyo. Shinagawa-ku...

Tradition holds that when Hōdō came to Japan, he was accompanied by the deity Gozu Tennō (牛頭天王; Sanskrit: Gośīrṣa devarāja), who was later enshrined at Hiromine...

are considered the three major festivals in Japan, worship the onryō of Gozu Tennō, Sugawara no Michizane, and Taira no Masakado, respectively, and pray...

modern periods, Susanoo was popularly conflated with the pestilence deity Gozu Tennō, the god originally worshiped in Yasaka Shrine in Kyoto, Hiromine Shrine...

Gozu Tennō Sai (牛頭天王祭, "Gozu Tennō Festival")— a traditional festival held annually in July on Miyake Island since 1820 honoring the deity Gozu Tennō...

motif. The motif is an amulet distributed by Yasaka Shrine to worship Gozu Tennō. Nakagawake kurusu (the cross of Nakagawa clan [ja]). The official mon...

twelve Hinomotoan clans serving Amaterasu, with his soul pact dragon Gozu Tennō and his kitsune disciple Kuzunoha. Seimei appears as an NPC in the video...

head. Gozu Tennō is a water deity, it is sometimes commonly referred to as the king of kappa. The crest of the shrine dedicated to Gozu Tennō is based...