bijin beauty

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bijin 美人 beauty - beauty amulet 美守 - bijin kigan 美人祈願お守り

Next to prayers for good health, prayers for a beautiful face, skin or body were quite popular.

Ono no Komachi 小野小町 was a famous poetess and beauty of the Heian period.
Ladies come to her temple to pray for beauty . . .

. Ono no Komachi 小野小町 - Komachidera 小町寺 .
temple Fudara-Ji 補陀洛寺 in Kyoto

. biyoo jisha 美容寺社 praying for beauty .

. kami　髪　amulets for beautiful hair .
櫛型のお守り amulet in form of a comb
櫛型の絵馬 ema votive tablet in form of a comb

. Edo no bijin 江戸の美人 the beauties of Edo .

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source : omamorida.com/spot/05kinki
from Yasaka Jinja 八坂神社 in Kyoto

bi mamori 美守（美人祈願）to become beautiful

美御前社絵馬（美人祈願）to become beautiful

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In the compound is also the shrine Utsukushi Gozen Sha 美御前社
with three beautiful female deities:

Ichikishima Hime no Mikoto 杵島比売命 - 中津島姫命　Nakatsushima hime no mikoto
Tagiri Hime no Mikoto 多岐理比売命
Tagitsu Hime no Mikoto 多岐津比売命

To say prayers in front of them will bring beauty, beautiful skin and a beautiful heart to the person - like a spiritual "beauty liquid" 美容水 from the nearby well.

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source : kyoto-k.sakura.ne.jp

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Utsukushiki-gozen Shrine and Beauty Water
Visiting the Shrine of Beauty, the Guardian Deity of Beauty in Kyoto

Standing on the east side of the main hall of Yasaka Shrine, the Utsukushi-gozen Shrine, is dedicated to three female deities of beauty: Ichikishima-hime-no-kami, Tagiri-hime-no-kami, and Tagitsu-hime-no-kami. It is said that if you visit this shrine you will be blessed with beauty in both mind and body and it is well known that many young women, including the geisha and maiko, female Japanese dancers of Gion, come to visit the shrine.
In addition, it is said that if you wash your hands and face with the "beauty water" from the spring on the grounds, your skin and heart will be beautified.
- source : micro.rohm.com/en/rohm-saijiki

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. Yasaka Jinja 八坂神社 Yasaka Shrine, Kyoto .

3 daughters of Amaterasu
Sannyoshin 宗像三女神 (also written 胸形三女神), the "Three Female Kami of Munakata."
. Ichikishimahime 市杵島姫 - 中津島姫命　Nakatsushima hime no mikoto .
Sayoribime no mikoto
Takishi hime, Takiri Hime タキツヒメ・タキリヒメ
at Munakata Taisha 宗像大社

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kagami ema 鏡絵馬 votive tablet as a mirror

You can paint the part of your face that should improve its beauty.

source :　guide.travel.co.jp

at Kawai Jinja 河合神社, Kyoto - Shimogamo Shrine complex

They also sell
karin sui かりん水 beauty water to improve the facial beauty.

karin is Chinese quince.

source :　miiiiio.exblog.jp

日本第一美麗神 The Most Beautiful Deity of Japan

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. . . Its main selling point is that the kami specialises in women’s beauty, and the ema votive tablets are accordingly shaped like a mirror. Female visitors are invited to draw their face on the front and write down a request to become more beautiful. The ema are then displayed in front of the shrine.
Kawai Jinja also celebrates its connection with Kamo no Chomei (1153-1216) . . .
- source : www.greenshinto.com

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source :　blog.onekoreanews.net

「姿美人は一時の花　心美人は一生の宝　心美人になれますように」

at shrine Tsuyu no Ten Jinja 露天神社 - Osaka Sonezaki 曽根崎
famous for the bunraku story of the love suicide of Sonezaki

. Sonezaki Shinju 曽根崎心中 The Love Suicides at Sonezaki .
Chikamatsu Monzaemon 近松門左衛門

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source :　www.omairibiyori.com

Look carefully for the White Rabbit of Inaba on the bottom.

from . Kanda Myoojin Shrine 神田明神 Kanda Myojin Shrine . - Tokyo

. The White Rabbit of Inaba 因幡の白兎.

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. Sennyuji, Mitera 御寺泉涌寺 Mitera Sennyu-Ji, Kyoto .
Mitera 御寺 The Honorable Temple (of the Imperial Family)

Yookihi Kannon, Yōkihi Kannon 楊貴妃観音 Yokihi Kannon

amulet to become as beautiful as Princess Yokihi

Yokihi Kannon is made of precious aromatic wood. The statue created by the order of Emperor Xuan Zong of the Tang dynasty of China, after the death of his beloved princess Yokihi.
The precious wood for this statue seems to have been shipped from Japan to China, where the statue was made. Kannon then came back to Japan, with the wish to protect the ships on their dangerous trip to and from China.

. Yookihi 楊貴妃 Yokihi - Princess Yang Gui Fei .
a famous Chinese beauty

source :　hotsuma816nifuku

. Kannon Bosatsu 観音菩薩 .

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- - - - - biyoo no kami 美容の神様 deities of beauty

Munakata Sanjin 宗像三神 - Sannyoshin - Three Sisters (see above)

. Semimaru-gami 蝉丸神 .
at Semimaru Jinja 蝉丸神社, Shiga Otsu

. Toyotama Hime　豊玉姫 .

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- - Three hot springs for beauty 日本三大美人の湯
Kawanaka Onsen 川中温泉
Ryuujin Onsen 龍神温泉 "Dragon King" hot spring
Yunokawa, Yu no Kawa Onsen 湯の川温泉

- - Three hot springs for beautiful skin 日本三大美肌の湯
Ureshino Onsen 嬉野温泉
Hinokami Onsen 斐乃上温泉
Kitsuregawa Onsen 喜連川温泉
- source : www.advice-navi.com/beauty/spa

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