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  2. Inari shrine - Wikipedia

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    The color red has come to be identified with Inari because of the prevalence of its use among Inari shrines and their torii. [10] The main Inari shrine is the Fushimi Inari-taisha in Fushimi-ku, Kyoto, where the path to the shrine is marked by around a thousand torii. [8] Inari shrines typically possess guardian figures in the form of foxes or ...

  3. File:Yosakoi Inari Shrine in Kochi, Japan - Oct 16, 2015.jpg

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  4. Fushimi Inari-taisha - Wikipedia

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    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]

  5. Komainu - Wikipedia

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    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 ]

  6. List of Shinto shrines in Japan - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of notable Shinto shrines in Japan.There are tens of thousands of shrines in Japan.Shrines with structures that are National Treasures of Japan are covered by the List of National Treasures of Japan (shrines).

  7. Twenty-Two Shrines - Wikipedia

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    The Twenty-Two Shrines (二十二社, Nijūni-sha) of Japan is one ranking system for Shinto shrines.The system was established during the Heian period and formed part of the government's systematization of Shinto during the emergence of a general anti-Chinese sentiment and the suppression of the Taoist religion. [1]

  8. Category:Inari shrines - Wikipedia

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  9. Yūtoku Inari Shrine - Wikipedia

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    Dedicated to Inari, the kami whose messengers are foxes, it is the third largest of its kind in Japan. It was constructed in 1688 as the family shrine of the Nabeshima clan who ruled what would become the Saga area (called Hizen at that time) during the Edo period .