#Shinoda no Mori Kuzunoha Inari Shrine

[tenjin-no-shinja]

Shinoda no Mori Kuzunoha Inari Shrine

I went to get my friend one of their paper maché fox sculptures, as well as an Ofuda and Omamori. This shrine enshrines quite a few Kami, but the one I thought was the most interesting was 若宮葛ノ葉姫 Wakamiya Kuzunoha Hime, the mother of Abe no Seimei a famous court Onmyōji. It was found out she was a kitsune, and she left her son behind. A very sad story, but an example of a kitsune story where the kitsune was benevolent.

Inari Shrines often have Buddhist elements, and this shrine was no exception, I found some Kannon statues and a statue of a Buddhist monk on the grounds.

And finally the shrine items and Goshuin