speech is silver, silence is golden

(religion, Buddhism) Kongo Yasha Myōō, the Japanese name for Vajrayaksa, the Wisdom King of the North, primarily revered in Vajrayana Buddhism, in Japan, China and elsewhere.

Clipping of 金剛般若波羅蜜多経 (Kongō Hannya Haramitakyō, “Vajracchedikā Prajñāpāramitā Sūtra”).

(literary, collective) Synonym of 日月 (jitsugetsu, “the sun and the moon”)

speech is silver, silence is golden

(Japanese mythology) son of 瓊瓊杵 (Ninigi) and 木花開耶姫 (Ko no Hana no Sakuyabime), younger brother of 火照 (Hoderi), husband of 豊玉姫 (Toyotamabime), father of 鸕鷀草葺不合 (Ugaya Fukiaezu) and grandfather of Emperor Jinmu; he was known to have a conflict with his brother in the myth 海幸山幸 (Umisachi Yamasachi, “Luck of the Sea and Luck of the Mountain”)

the Vajracchedikā Prajñāpāramitā Sūtra