Saturday, August 9, 2025

434 ~ Kinshou Ookami, Shirotomo Ookami, Ookuninushi Ookami

 

Japanese Name: 金正大神, 白友大神, 大国主大神
Romanized Reading: Kinshou Ookami, Shirotomo Ookami, Ookuninushi Ookami
English Translation: Gold Justice Great Deity, White Friend Great Deity, Ookuninushi Great Deity
Size: Tiny side shrine of Aokigataki within Fushimi Inari Taisha
Deity: Ookuninushi
Fox Count: 2
First Visit: 25-Dec-2018
Location: Kyoto-Fushimi
Address: Fukakusa Boyamacho, Fushimi Ward, Kyoto, 612-0812
Coordinates
: 34.9644, 135.7834

The 72nd vulpine side shrine of Fushimi Inari Taisha, and the eleventh within the Aokigataki cluster. We're now at the back entrance of its central area, which is as unwelcoming as the front entrance. So I can only take a picture of this shrine from a distance, which made it a bit blurry. The two life-sized stone foxes are plain to see, but I can't tell whether the left one is holding an orb or a scroll. The right one is definitely holding an orb though.

This is also the first shrine in a way where I can tell which deity it belongs to. And it doesn't belong to just any deity, but Ookuninushi, one of the three Kunitsukami.
 

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