Fushimi Inari-taisha

is a large Shinto shrine in Fushimi Kyoto, Japan.Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Fushimi Inari Taisha" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 224.

It is the head shrine of Inari, the rice god.Breen, John and Mark Teeuwen. (2011). A New History of Shinto, p. 213. There are Inari shrines in many parts of Japan.Motegi, Sadazumi. (2010).  "Shamei Bunpu (Shrine Names and Distributions),"  Encyclopedia of Shinto; retrieved 2012-5-22.  There may be more than 32,000 sub-shrines or ."Nationwide numbers of Emanation Branches (bunsha) of Famous Shrine,"  Encyclopedia of Shinto; retrieved 2012-5-22.

History
Fushimi Inari-taisha has been associated with the emperors of Japan since the early Heian period.Breen, John et al. (2000).  Shinto in History: Ways of the Kami, pp. 74-75.

From 1871 through 1946, it  was in the first rank of government supported shrines.Ponsonby-Fane, Richard. (1959). The Imperial House of Japan, pp. 124.

Subshrines

 Ukanomitama
 Saruka-biko-no-kami
 Ōmiya-no-Me

Gallery

References 

Other websites

Fushimi Inari-taisha website 
Fushimi Inari-taisha images

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