Oinari-Kami

A virtual shrine-space for Oinari-Kami and general Shinto goodness.

[daphnaea]

the gods in new colors: inari okami + navy blue

Boys who play with fire get their fingers burned

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Super cute kitsune gatchapon, showing a kitsune no yomeiri (fox’s wedding procession)

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Yosomono photography・ By Michel Godimus

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Envoy of the god Inari.

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moodboards: deities of Japanese myth (9/?)

Inari Okami (also Oinari) is a god, goddess or group of kami (deities) associated with foxes, fertility, rice, tea, sake, agriculture, industry, general prosperity and worldly success. Represented as male, female or androgynous, Inari is sometimes seen as a collective of three or five individual kami. 

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Fushimi Inari Taisha (伏見稲荷大社)

A man walks under the torii path. This portion was on the higher part of Mount Inari and very few people make it to this point.

Fushimi-ku, Kyoto (October 2017)

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保谷稲荷神社（2017/09/14）Houya-Inari-Shrine

神奈川県川崎市多摩区堰３丁目 　 Seki 3chome, Kawasaki Tama-ku, Kanagawa, Japan

 祭神は 正一位稲荷大明神 。

由緒等は掲示によると『 ここは昔、稲荷森と言われた所であり、当家お稲荷様も祭られていました（年代は不詳）。昭和21年（1946年）1月溝口稲荷社の古い社殿を再建するとき木造の社殿である（外宮・内宮）を分霊させていただき修復・修繕し当家お稲荷様と合祀し守護神とし祭りました。 』

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The two guards of Yutoku Inari Shrine in Saga Prefecture

(This blogs gonna be all about fox shrines for the next couple of days so get ready)

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[Prayer flute -  Wisteria dance - Candlelights] : Kitsune photoshoots seen on

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Votive dance at Oji Inari shrine, amazing Kitsune bride costume seen on @kimonosalon4s

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Very tiny fox shrine in Koriyama.

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Lovely picture, OP! The stones in front look like they’re inscribed with donors’ names, too!

And for those of my readers curious as to the inscription on the torii: Hakuō-Inari daimyōjin

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Procession of kitsune and a kappa. Click here for more Oiran Parade pics!

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“Kitsunebi” (fox fires), by Miki Katoh. This painting show a Fox changing clothes in Oji Inari shrine on New Year’s Eve.

Subject reminds me of this famous ukiyo-e by Hiroshige entitled “New Year’s Eve Foxfires at the Changing Tree, Ōji”:

Foxes gather at the large, old enoki (hackberry) tree on New Year’s Eve to prepare to pay homage at the Ōji Inari shrine, the headquarters of the Inari cult in eastern Japan. The cult centers on the god of the rice field, for whom the fox serves as messenger. On the way to Ōji, the foxes have set a number of fox fires, which farmers count to predict the upcoming rice harvest.

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Japanese folk tales #15: The White Fox (find my tales tagged here or visit my blog for both english and french versions)

Once upon a time, in a faraway province of Japan, was a famous archer named Yazaemon.

The man was quiet and swift and his talent so great that the Lord of the land had appointed him Master of the Hunt.

One autumn day, as Yazaemon rode with the Lord along golden rice paddies, a white fox jumped out the bushes.

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Inktober Day 02 - Urban Witch

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a fox (said to be messengers of Inari god )  ,Nihonbashi