Imakinokami - Imakinokami

Japanese: 今来神 - いまきのかみ
Imakinokami - Imakinokami

...A word referring to foreign gods. It is also called the god of a neighboring country, a guest god (marōdō-gami), or an imaki-no-kami (now coming god). In the Nihon Shoki, the entry for the 13th year of Emperor Kinmei's reign, Buddha is described as a foreign god and is read as "the god of the neighboring country."...

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Imakuragami" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…外来の神をさしていった語。隣国の神,客神(まろうどがみ),今来神(いまきのかみ)ともいう。《日本書紀》欽明天皇13年条には仏陀を蕃神と記し,〈となりのくにのかみ〉と読んでいる。…

※「今来神」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報

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