Fushimi Inari-taisha
| Fushimi Inari Taisha 伏見稲荷大社 |
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Torii leading to the outer shrine
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 Fushimi Inari Taisha
伏見稲荷大社 Location within Kyoto city
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| Type | Inari Shrine |
| Dedicated to | Uka-no-Mitama-no-Ōkami, et al. as Inari Ōkami |
| Founded | 711 |
| Address | Fushimi-ku, Kyoto |
| Coordinates | 34°58′2″N 135°46′22″E / 34.96722°N 135.77278°E |
| Website | inari |
 Glossary of Shinto
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Fushimi Inari Taisha (伏見稲荷大社?) is the head shrine of Inari, located in Fushimi-ku, Kyoto, Japan. The shrine sits at the base of a mountain also named Inari which is 233 metres above sea level, and includes trails up the mountain to many smaller shrines which span 4 kilometers and takes approximately 2 hours to walk up.
Since early Japan, Inari was seen as the patron of business, and merchants and manufacturers have traditionally worshipped Inari. Each of the torii at Fushimi Inari Taisha is donated by a Japanese business. First and foremost, though, Inari is the god of rice.
This popular shrine is said to have as many as 32,000 sub-shrines (bunsha (分社?)) throughout Japan.
The shrine became the object of imperial patronage during the early Heian period. In 965, Emperor Murakami decreed that messengers carry written accounts of important events to the guardian kami of Japan. These heihaku were initially presented to 16 shrines, including the Inari Shrine.
From 1871 through 1946, Fushimi Inari-taisha was officially designated one of the Kanpei-taisha (官幣大社?), meaning that it stood in the first rank of government supported shrines.
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