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LithiumViolets
April 23rd, 2011, 10:45 PM
...Said to be patron of geisha and arts of dance and poetry, anyone here know more of Her?

Agaliha
April 23rd, 2011, 11:20 PM
Could you be thinking of Kishimojin?

If you are, you can try these links--

http://www.pantheon.org/articles/k/kishimo-jin.html
http://nichirenscoffeehouse.net/bodhisattva/Kishimojin.html
http://www.onmarkproductions.com/html/kariteimo.html
http://www.onmarkproductions.com/html/kariteimo.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hariti
http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~jrowan/hariti/hariti.html (http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/%7Ejrowan/hariti/hariti.html)
http://www.gakkaionline.net/mandala/kishi.html
https://geniusmothers.com/genius-mothers-of/ancient-goddesses/Kishimojin/

She's also known or associated as Hariti as well, hence some links with that name.
Hariti is also compared to--
Kangimo (Japanese: 歓喜母 "Bringer of happiness)
Karitei (Japanese: 訶利帝, Shingon name)
Kariteimo (Japanese: 訶梨帝母, another Shingon name)
Kishimojin/Kishibojin (Japanese: 鬼子母神)
Koyasu Kishibojin (Japanese: 子安鬼子母神 "Giver of Children and Easy Delivery")
(Wiki)

I can't find much, if anything on the specific spelling you gave. Maybe there's a confusion with the transliterating? Where did you see that spelling?

I know Benzaiten (http://www.onmarkproductions.com/html/benzaiten.shtml) is associated with arts, music, beauty, language, dance and things like that. I also saw Marishi-ten being mentioned with geisha and samurai.

Ah, wait, there's a Kichijouten. Could that be her?
http://www.onmarkproductions.com/html/kichijouten.html
She's associated with Lakshmi. In Japan she is the goddess of fertility, fortune, luck, beauty, and merit.