The term honji suijaku in Japanese Buddhist terminology refers to a theory common in Japan until the Meiji period according to which Buddhist deities choose to appear to the Japanese as native kami deities in order to save them. It states that some kami (but not all) are in fact manifestations (the suijaku, literally, a "trace") of Buddhist deities, (the honji, literally, "original ground").

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  • The term honji suijaku in Japanese Buddhist terminology refers to a theory common in Japan until the Meiji period according to which Buddhist deities choose to appear to the Japanese as native kami deities in order to save them. It states that some kami (but not all) are in fact manifestations (the suijaku, literally, a "trace") of Buddhist deities, (the honji, literally, "original ground"). The two entities ultimately form an indivisible whole and in theory should have equal standing, but in history this wasn't always the case. In the early Nara period, for example, the honji was considered more important, and only later did the two come to be regarded as one. During the late Kamakura period it was even proposed that kami were the honji, and the Buddhas the suijaku (see the Inverted honji suijaku section below). The theory was never systematized, but was nonetheless very pervasive and very influential. It is considered the keystone of the shinbutsu shūgō (harmonization of Buddhist deities and Japanese kami) edifice.
  • 本地垂迹（ほんじすいじゃく）とは、仏教が興隆した時代に表れた神仏習合思想の一つで、日本の八百万の神々は、実は様々な仏（菩薩や天部なども含む）が化身として日本の地に現れた権現（ごんげん）であるとする考えである。
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  • The term honji suijaku in Japanese Buddhist terminology refers to a theory common in Japan until the Meiji period according to which Buddhist deities choose to appear to the Japanese as native kami deities in order to save them. It states that some kami (but not all) are in fact manifestations (the suijaku, literally, a "trace") of Buddhist deities, (the honji, literally, "original ground").
  • 本地垂迹（ほんじすいじゃく）とは、仏教が興隆した時代に表れた神仏習合思想の一つで、日本の八百万の神々は、実は様々な仏（菩薩や天部なども含む）が化身として日本の地に現れた権現（ごんげん）であるとする考えである。
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  • Honji suijaku
  • 本地垂迹
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