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Inokashira Benzaiten was said to have been established during the Tenkei Era (938-946) by Minamoto-no-Tsunemoto, the patriarch of Kanto Genji who enshrined the Benzaiten Goddess Statue crafted by Dengyo Daishi in Enryaku-8 (789). Later, Minamoto-no-Yoritomo was said to have built the shrine pavilion...