City Princess - Ichihime

Japanese: 市姫 - いちひめ
City Princess - Ichihime
〘Noun〙 The deity worshipped at the market. One of the three Munakata goddesses. She is also called Ichikishimahime- no-mikoto or Hashihime. Ichigami. Also, by extension, she is the goddess who protects markets and merchants. ※Tamenori-shu (late 10th century): "What kind of value can Ichihime's god have? She can pile up a thousand years of money for unsold goods."

Source: The Selected Edition of the Japanese Language Dictionary About the Selected Edition of the Japanese Language Dictionary Information

Japanese:
〘名〙 市場の祭神。宗像(むなかた)三女神の一つ。市杵島姫命(いちきしまのひめのみこと)または、橋姫のことという。いちがみ。また、転じて、市場、商人を守護する女神。※為頼集(10C後か)「市姫のかみのいがきのいかなれやあきなひ物に千よを積むらん」

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