Tokyo Prefecture Archives • . A History . . of Japan . 日本歴史 https://historyofjapan.co.uk/wiki_cats/tokyo-prefecture/ Sun, 01 Jan 2023 16:02:28 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.2 https://i0.wp.com/historyofjapan.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/cropped-TairaClan-1.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Tokyo Prefecture Archives • . A History . . of Japan . 日本歴史 https://historyofjapan.co.uk/wiki_cats/tokyo-prefecture/ 32 32 146592828 Ōji Inari Shrine https://historyofjapan.co.uk/wiki/oji-inari-shrine/ Wed, 14 Nov 2018 02:05:17 +0000 http://historyofjapan.co.uk/?post_type=yada_wiki&p=2485 Region: Kantō Region Prefecture: Tokyo Prefecture Affiliation: Shinto   Ōji Inari Shrine Ōji Inari Shrine (王子稲荷神社), located in Tokyo, is a Shinto Shrine associated with the Yōkai Kitsune-bi who supposedly visit the Shrine on the last day of the year and breathe fire, people watching the flames to determine the coming harvest.1 Footnotes 1. Yoda, H. and […]

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Ōji Inari Shrine

Ōji Inari Shrine (王子稲荷神社), located in Tokyo, is a Shinto Shrine associated with the Yōkai Kitsune-bi who supposedly visit the Shrine on the last day of the year and breathe fire, people watching the flames to determine the coming harvest.1

Footnotes

1. Yoda, H. and Alt, M. (2016) “Japandemonium: Illustrated: The Yokai Encyclopaedia of Toriyama Sekien.”. New York: over Publications, Inc.

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