Fushimi Inari-taisha

Fushimi Inari-taisha (伏見稲荷大社) is a large Shinto shrine in Fushimi Kyoto, Japan.

It is the head shrine of Inari, the rice god. There are Inari shrines in many parts of Japan. There may be more than 32,000 sub-shrines or bunsha (分社).

History

Fushimi Inari-taisha has been associated with the emperors of Japan since the early Heian period.

From 1871 through 1946, it was in the first rank of government supported shrines.

Subshrines

Gallery

Main entrance, two-story shrine gate (rōmom)
View of rōmom
Main shrine (honden)
Lanterns at the honden
Small Inari shrines
A Shinto priest

References

↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Fushimi Inari Taisha" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 224.
↑ Breen, John and Mark Teeuwen. (2011). A New History of Shinto, p. 213.
↑ Motegi, Sadazumi. (2010). "Shamei Bunpu (Shrine Names and Distributions)," Archived 2019-03-15 at the Wayback Machine Encyclopedia of Shinto; retrieved 2012-5-22.
↑ "Nationwide numbers of Emanation Branches (bunsha) of Famous Shrine," Archived 2012-05-31 at the Wayback Machine Encyclopedia of Shinto; retrieved 2012-5-22.
↑ Breen, John et al. (2000). Shinto in History: Ways of the Kami, pp. 74-75.
↑ Ponsonby-Fane, Richard. (1959). The Imperial House of Japan, pp. 124.

Other websites

34°58′02″N 135°46′22″E / 34.96722°N 135.77278°E / 34.96722; 135.77278

[1] Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Fushimi Inari Taisha" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 224.

[2] Breen, John and Mark Teeuwen. (2011). A New History of Shinto, p. 213.

[3] Motegi, Sadazumi. (2010). "Shamei Bunpu (Shrine Names and Distributions)," Archived 2019-03-15 at the Wayback Machine Encyclopedia of Shinto; retrieved 2012-5-22.

[4] "Nationwide numbers of Emanation Branches (bunsha) of Famous Shrine," Archived 2012-05-31 at the Wayback Machine Encyclopedia of Shinto; retrieved 2012-5-22.

[5] Breen, John et al. (2000). Shinto in History: Ways of the Kami, pp. 74-75.

[6] Ponsonby-Fane, Richard. (1959). The Imperial House of Japan, pp. 124.