Inari Okami
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Lua error in Module:Unicode_data at line 293: attempt to index local 'data_module' (a boolean value). is the Japanese kami (spirit) of fertility, rice and agriculture.[1] Inari is sometimes represented as a male, female or both.
Inari Okami Media
Inari and their fox spirits help the blacksmith Munechika forge the blade kogitsune-maru (Little Fox) in the late 10th century. This legend is the subject of the noh drama Sanjo Kokaji.
Statue of a kitsune adorned with a red votive bib in a shrine at Inuyama Castle. Many castles in Japan contain Inari shrines.
Hundreds of Inari can be found at Toyokawa Inari Betsuin in Akasaka.
Red torii along a path at the Fushimi Inari shrine in Kyoto.
Kakigara-Inari at Hase-dera (Kamakura)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Hōki" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 386.