Japan's Three Great Inari Shrines - Aichi Prefecture - [Toyokawa Inari] Fox Wedding Clear Goshuin

Japan's Three Great Inari Shrines: Aichi Prefecture - Toyokawa Inari - Fox Wedding Clear Goshuin

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Toyokawa Inari, enshrined in Toyokawa City, Aichi Prefecture.

Toyokawa Inari (Toyokawa Inari) is a Sōtō Zen temple located in Toyokawa Town, Toyokawa City, Aichi Prefecture. Its official name is Toyokawa Kaku Myōgon-ji, and its mountain name is Enpuku-zan.

Nationwide, it is often mistakenly believed to be a shrine due to the name Inari. However, when the Shinto-Buddhist separation policy was enacted during the Meiji Restoration, many temples and shrines were abolished. At Fushimi Inari, the worship of Dakiniten ceased. Among these, Toyokawa Inari is one of the few temples that was able to avoid the Shinto-Buddhist separation and is known as a special place that retains a strong fusion of Buddhism and Shinto beliefs.

Inari refers to Toyokawa Dakiniten, who is enshrined as a guardian deity. Generally, when people hear Inari, they imagine a shrine dedicated to foxes. However, at Toyokawa Inari, Toyokawa Dakiniten is depicted carrying ears of rice and riding a white fox, which is why Toyokawa Inari became the common name and has continued to this day.

Toyokawa Inari considers Fushimi Inari Taisha in Fushimi Ward, Kyoto City, which is the head shrine of Inari shrines throughout Japan, and Yūtoku Inari Shrine in Kashima City, Saga Prefecture, to be among Japan's Three Great Inari Shrines.

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* Size
Height: Approximately 14.7 cm
Width: Approximately 10.0 cm