Otake Dainichi Nyorai

Otake Dainichi Nyorai (お竹大日如来 or 於竹大日如来), who is also known as Otake, is a figure in the Japanese Buddhist tradition. She was thought to be a reincarnation of Vairocana [Japanese : 毘盧遮那佛] in Japan. Otakes cult is also associated with the religious practice of Shugendo. ) lived in the early part of the 17th century. The common form of her name Otake derives from honorific speech [Japanese:bikago] with the prefix of adding on the letter O at the beginning for women a common practice in the Edo period.

Otake originated from Shonai in Yamagata , but ended up working as a maid-servant for the Sakuma family Sakuma Zenpachi was the head of this family as well as the town-head of Odemna-cho. and most of her work would have taken place in the kitchen.

Otake was a very religious woman of great Buddhist virtue. She gave all she had to the poor, ate hardly any food, and performed the most menial chores with extreme diligence. Otake would instead gather nourishment from scraps from the drain-board [Japanese: sunokoyuka (すのこ床) or mizuya 水屋].

Death Otake is said to have died in 1638, with subjects such as kitchen implements pilgrimaging to worship Otake and playing ken with deities Okina Inari and Datsue-ba.