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An Inari shrine (稲荷神社, Inari jinja) is a type of Japanese shrine used to worship the kami Inari.Inari is a popular deity associated with foxes, rice, household wellbeing, business prosperity, and general prosperity.
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As the fox messengers of Inari Ōkami, myōbu are often depicted with white or light colored fur. [2] However, the foxes are usually invisible. [5] Statues of myōbu often come in pairs of a male and a female, with one holding a wish-fulfilling jewel and the other holding a key, scroll, bundle of rice, or a fox cub. [2]
The main shrine is the Fushimi Inari Shrine on mount Inari (稲荷⼭ Inariyama) in Fushimi, Kyoto, Japan, where the paths up the shrine hill are marked in this fashion. [35] The kitsune statues are at times taken for a form of Inari, and they typically come in pairs, representing a male and a female. [36]
On the fourteenth day of the fifth month of 1871, by decree of the Dajō-kan, the fundamental elements of the modern shrine system were established: a hierarchic ranking of Shinto shrines, with specification of the grades of priest who could officiate at the various levels of shrine. [4]
A pair of foxes at an Inari shrine A variant of the komainu theme is the fox , acting as guardian of shrines dedicated to the Inari deity. [ 7 ] There are about 30 thousand Inari shrines in Japan, and the entrance of each is guarded by a pair of fox statues. [ 19 ]
Fushimi Inari-taisha (Japanese: 伏見稲荷大社) is the head shrine of the kami Inari, located in Fushimi-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan.The shrine sits at the base of a mountain, also named Inari, which is 233 metres (764 ft) above sea level, and includes trails up the mountain to many smaller shrines which span 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) and take approximately 2 hours to walk up. [1]