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Daikoku and the Oni

Posted on August 30, 2020August 30, 2020 by Chris Kincaid

A long while ago, when the idols of Buddha and his host of disciples came to Japan, after traveling through China from India, they were very much vexed because the people still liked the little black fellow named Daikoku. Even when they became Buddhists they still burned incense to Daikoku, because he was the patron…

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