#oinari

[bideogaymes]

watching a Silent Hill f play through and girl, ive read enough manga and japanese folktales to know, don’t ever accept nothing from no mystical being without knowing the terms and conditions babe. a fox god at that? oh he’s absolutely setting you up. 😭

[love1kimono]

A Geiko with Kitsune 1910s

A geiko (geisha) dressed in the Genroku Style, with two votive statues of kitsune (foxes), which are the messengers of Oinari the kami (spirit) of rice and agriculture. Possibly Osaka.

[giffypudding]

Oinari in the rain

[admers]

This is a three color, hand-cut linocut relief print of foxes in the style frequently seen at Japanese Shinto shrines dedicated to the divine being Inari. Inari is the patron of a number of things including foxes, agriculture, fertility, and prosperity. Foxes, or kitsune as they are known in Japanese, are considered messengers to Inari and are sometimes synonymous. Often depicted as a pair with items in their mouths, I have chosen to depict these with a key and a sheath of rice. Kitsune are said to have magical powers, including the ability to create orbs of light or fire. Here, I have depicted the items and orbs in metallic gold ink.

If you would like to support my work by purchasing a print, please check out my Etsy Shop :https://www.etsy.com/shop/Admers

[silver-wields-a-pen]

Guardians of Las

Made by @guardians-of-las-vyxen

Oinari:  Pale as the moon, with mono-lidded eyes that change colour depending on their mood, circumstance and proximity. Their facial features are small and androgynous. Bearing careful eye and lip makeup that compliments their attire, their hair is a curiosity: smooth and silky, silver in colour, it is an extreme lop-sided bowl cut. One end dips below their chin and on the opposite side of their face, it is cut short to the point where their rounded ear is exposed. Their clothing is long and multi-layered. They dress regally in a Junihitoe, having broken away from the traditionally vibrant style and opted for more airy shades, finding these more reflective of their peaceful personality. Each layer is a hue darker than the last, cascading to pool and obscure their feet. In their right hand they hold a large fan of bamboo, painted and wood burned imagery adorning it on both sides which they use with flourish and aplomb.

[foxofinari]

My travel altar! 

You can read about it at my blog here!

[kaorufox-blog]

DEMI GOD FORM

(Semi Deity transformation - Two to Four Tails)

[roseblooms]

T E E N A G E  G I R L S  +  M Y T H O L O G Y: Inari

She can hear the calls of foxes as dusk settles, their terrible barks like music to her ears. Listening intently, they tell her of the world: how it has changed over the years, their woodland lairs becoming concrete and brick. Their prey shifting from wide-eyed rabbits to the leftover scraps placed like offerings upon the ground. She thinks of their progress, how the lines between agriculture and industry have shifted, herself and canid friends prospering despite the obstacles placed in their way. With a soft smile, she blows upon the tendrils of steam curling up from her tea and looks out of the window to survey the surrounding suburbs. One foot in rurality, one foot in the city, she exists on the fringe of two worlds between the old and the new, surviving despite it all.