It is a deity of the Shinto religion that was created by combining Daikokuten of Mikkyo and Okuninushi no mikoto, so called syncretism of Buddhism and Shinto, and known as one of Shichifukujin (Seven Deities of Good Luck).
密教の大黒天が元になり、大国主命と神仏習合して出来た神道の神で、七福神の一柱としても知られる。