Juni Shinsho (the 12 protective deities) are tenbu, deities who reside in a heavenly realm, one of six realms in which the souls of living beings transmigrate from one to another; they are worshiped and shaped into statues in Buddhism, and are good deities that guard Buddhism.
十二神将（じゅうにしんしょう）は、仏教の信仰・造像の対象である天部の神々で、また護法善神である。