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Inari 稲荷 the Fox Deity
This is one of the most important deities of Japan.
The deity of rice and a major Shinto kami.
Closely associated with various Shinto deities of food, Inari can be depicted in either male or female form. Inari not only protects the rice harvest -- s/he is also the patron of prosperity for farmers and merchants, especially those involved in rice production, foodstuffs and fisheries.
. INARI .
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This tradidional Japanese festival occurs on the first day of the horse according to the Asian lunar calendar.
The horse is the messenger of the Inari Deity.
. Fox Shrine Festival (Inari Matsuri 稲荷祭) .
at the great shrine Fushimi Inari Jinja in Kyoto
伏見稲荷大社 京都
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. Enmusubi and happy couples 縁結び .
INARI refers to the Fox as the divine messenger and thus a deity himself.
KITSUNE refers to the fox as an animal.
. Kitsune Daruma 狐だるま 狐達磨 .
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Inari ema 稲荷絵馬 votive tablets
from Fushimi Inari Shrine, Kyoto
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Inari dorei 稲荷土鈴 clay bells
from Fushimi Inari Shrine, Kyoto
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. Dolls from Kasamori Inari Shrine
Shizuoka
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Kyoto
. Sotan gitsune at temple Shokoku-Ji .
宗旦狐を拝みに相国寺
Tea Master Sen Sotan 千宗旦 (1578 - 1658) and the Kitsune
Sotan Inari Jinja 宗旦稲荷神社
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. . . . . Fushimi Clay Dolls from Kyoto
uma nori kitsune 馬乗り狐 inari fox riding a horse
The horse as the messenger of the fox-deity is used by the god from the Inari Fox Mountain (Inariyama 稲荷山) to inspect the mountains and fields.
senryobako mochi kitsune 千両箱持ち狐
fox carrying a money box
kuchi-ire kitsune 口入れ狐 employment agent
(the one in the middle)
more see below
hooju daki kitsune 宝珠抱き狐
fox embracing a wishfulfilling jewel
goheimochi kitsune 御幣持ち狐 fox with a ritual wand
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taiko nori kitsune 太鼓乗り狐 fox on a drum
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tawara nori kitsune 俵乗り狐(菱屋) fox on a straw bundle
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koogoo 香合 incence container
This is the monk (or the fox who pretended to be a priest) Hakuzosu (白蔵主 / 伯蔵主 Hakuzoosu), who lived in Osaka at the temple Shorinji 小林寺耕雲庵. He was a believer in Inari sama and kept a few foxes in his temple. He used these foxes to fortell the future and this in turn became a comic story of Kyogen,
Tsurigitsune 釣狐 The Fox catching fish.
"The Fox and the Trapper"
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Hakuzosu is also the subject of other pieces of art, like netsuke.
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source : kyoudogangu.
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. Shusse Inari 出世稲荷神社 for a good career .
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Saga
Inarigoma, Inari koma 稲荷駒 horse from the fox shrine
a clay doll from Nogomi.
Yuutoku Inari 祐徳稲荷 one of the three great Inari shrines of Japan
Saga,Kashima 祐徳稲荷神社
Yutoku Inari Shrine is located in Kashima City, Saga Pref.
It was set up by Hizen-Kashima Province in 1687. It enshrines Ugano-Mitama-no-Ohkami (the guardian deity of fishing, trade, and manufacture), Ohmiyame-no-Ohkami, and Sarutahiko-no-Ohkami.
It is one of the three large Inari Shrines along with Fushimi Inari Shrine in Kyoto and Kasama Inari Shrine in Ibaragi Pref.
The main hall is all colorfully lacquered structure in butai-zukuri style (with vast veranda supported by hundreds of pillars). Its base color is vermilion. The magnificent structure reminds us of Kiyomizu Temple in Kyoto.
The shrine is called endearingly “Yutoku-san” by the local people and visited by a lot of worshippers all through the year. In the precinct of the shrine is Yutoku Museum, where historical materials concerning Kashima Province and treasures possessed by the shrine are displayed.
source : nippon-kichi.jp
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Saitama
. Sumo Inari 相撲稲荷 Kawagoe Hachimangu .
a fox performing wrestling
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Tokyo / Edo
In Edo there were Inari fox shrines at every corner.
Hikan jinja shrine 被官稲荷社
and
Hanasono Inari jinja花園稲荷神社
both are near the famous Kannon temple in Asakusa.
teppoo kitsune 鉄砲狐 "cannon fox"
The name derives from their form, they look like cannonballs.
shinko 神狐 fox deity
It was customary to place a pair of these foxes at the entrance of an Inari Shrine.
Since they always come in a pair, this signifies a shrine where people pray for a good partner (enmusubi).
They are most popular at the Hanasono Inari jinja 花園稲荷神社
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Kuchi-ire Inari shrine 口入稲荷神社
口入稲荷大神
kuchi-ireya was an important employment agency name in Edo and these shrined were frequented by the many patrons of the business. People bought a set of these three deities and prayed to them in a small Inari shrine in their garden. When their wish was granted, they brought them back to the main shrine in gratitude.
Sometimes the three foxes represented the head cleark of the agency, a groom and the bride.
kuchi-ire literally means "to add a mouth" and could be a new employee or a bride (one more mouth to feed in the household).
You could only find employment if some agent vouched for your person.
This shrine was located in the garden of the former employment agent Takadaya 高田屋 in the Yoshiwara pleasure quarters of Edo.
o-kitsune sama お狐さま "honorable God Fox"
haori kitsune 羽織狐 fox wearing haori coat
amulet for good business
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kamishimo kitsune 裃狐 fox wearing formal robe
amulet for finding a partner
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. Shoozoku Inari shrine, Shozoku 装束稲荷神社
"Shrine to change robes" .
Ooji Inari Jinja 王子稲荷神社 Oji Inari Fox Shrine
Ooji no kitsune 王子の狐 the fox from Oji
絵馬「狐火」 Kitsunebi "fox fire"
Shibaraku kitsune 暫狐 the Shibaraku Kabuki Kitsune
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Fukagawa Fudo Temple 深川不動堂
Tokyo
. Gankake kitsune 願掛けきつね .
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. Reference .
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The Fox and the Jewel
Karen Ann Smyers
source : books google
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. Inarizushi / Inari Sushi いなりずし . 稲荷寿司 .
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