ID: 901002635 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901002635	Record Type: Named Legendary Animal

	Kangiten (Japanese deity)

Note: Elephant-headed god of bliss; analogous to Ganesha; primarly in Shingon and Tendai schools of Japanese Buddhism.

Names:

	Kangiten (Japanese deity) (preferred,English-P)

Hierarchical Position:

		Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
		....<Japanese iconography> (P)
		........<Japanese characters> (P)
		............Kangiten (Japanese deity) (I)

Related Iconography:

	has parallels with .... Gaṇeśa
	..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Buddhist iconography, Buddhist characters, Gaṇeśa (Buddhist deity)) [901001896]

Other Relationships:

	role/characteristic is .... deity
	.....(people in religion, people in religion and related occupations, people in the humanities, people by occupation, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	takes the form of .... elephant (animal)
	.....(Proboscidea (order), Mammalia (class), Vertebrata (subphylum), Chordata (phylum), Animalia (kingdom), Eukaryota (domain), living organisms (entities), Living Organisms (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:

	Kangiten (Japanese deity)
	................Heibonsha Survey of Japanese Art (1972-1980)
	................Watanbe, Architecture of Tokyo (2001)
	................BWR Data Reconciliation for CONA (2020-2021)

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ Heibonsha Survey of Japanese Art (1972-1980)
	................ BWR Data Reconciliation for CONA (2020-2021)