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Address 2 Chome-4-1 Nihonbashikakigaracho, Chuo, Tokyo 103-0014, Japan Dedicated to Emperor Antoku, Taira no Tokuko, Taira no Tokiko Similar Suitengūmae Station, Ningyōchō Station, Hamachō Station, Kayabachō Station, Tsukiji Hongan‑ji Profiles | ||
The meaning of Suiten-gū (水天宮) is a shrine of Varuna. Varuna had been called "Suiten" in Japanese buddhism. He is one of the twelve Devas, as guardian deities, who are found in or around Buddhist shrines (Jūni-ten, 十二天).
Suitengu is a Shinto shrine in Chūō, Tokyo, Japan. It is devoted to conception and safe childbirth. In 1818 the ninth daimyo of the Kurume Domain established the Suiten-gū in Edo as a branch of a shrine of the same name in Kurume, Fukuoka. It was inside the grounds of the domain's mansion in the Mita district of what is now Minato, Tokyo, and the domain opened it to the public on the fifth day of every month. In 1871, the Arima family moved from Mita to Akasaka, taking the shrine with it, and in the following year they moved the shrine to its present location, on a site that had been the family's middle mansion
In Suitengu, Varuna was also deified. For Shinbutsu bunri, when Shinto deities and Buddhist deities were separated, Varuna was changed to Amenominakanushi.
There are about 25 other shrines of the same name in Japan. Suitengumae Station is close to this shrine and takes its name from it.