| Fushimi Inari-taisha | |
|---|---|
伏見稲荷大社 | |
 Torii path with a hanging lantern at Fushimi Inari-Taisha Shrine | |
| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Shinto |
| Deity | Uka-no-Mitama-no-Ōkami, et al. as Inari Ōkami |
| Type | Inari shrine |
| Location | |
| Location | Fushimi-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan |
  Shown within Kyoto city  Fushimi Inari-taisha (Japan) | |
| Geographic coordinates | 34°58′2″N 135°46′22″E / 34.96722°N 135.77278°E |
| Architecture | |
| Style | Kasuga-zukuri |
| Date established | 711 |
| Website | |
| inari | |
 Glossary of Shinto | |
Fushimi Inari-taisha (Japanese: 伏見稲荷大社) is the head shrine of the kami Inari, located in Fushimi-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. The shrine sits at the base of a mountain, also named Inari, which is 233 metres (764 ft) above sea level, and includes trails up the mountain to many smaller shrines which span 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) and take approximately 2 hours to walk up.[1] It is unclear whether the mountain's name, Inariyama, or the shrine's name came first.[2]
Inari was originally and remains primarily the kami of rice and agriculture, but merchants also worship Inari as the patron of business.[3] Each of Fushimi Inari-taisha's roughly 10,000 torii were donated by a Japanese business, and approximately 800 of these are set in a row to form the Senbon Torii, creating the impression of a tunnel.[4] The shrine is said to have ten thousand such gates in total that designate the entrance to the holy domain of kami and protect it against wicked forces.[2]
Owing to the popularity of Inari's division and re-enshrinement, this shrine is said to have as many as 32,000 sub-shrines (分社 bunsha) throughout Japan.[5]
- ^ 全国のお稲荷さんの総本宮、伏見稲荷大社を参拝しました。 [Nationwide Inari Shrines, I visited the Fushimi Inari-taisha.] (in Japanese). Retrieved 28 March 2014.
- ^ a b Keller (2022): 2.
- ^ Keller (2022): 1.
- ^ "伏見稲荷大社にある千本鳥居の由来と数を知りたい". National Diet Library of Japan Collaborative Reference Database. Retrieved 26 March 2023.
- ^ Motegi, Sadazumi. "Shamei Bunpu (Shrine Names and Distributions)". Encyclopedia of Shinto. Retrieved 31 March 2010.