Mimeguri Inari no Yashiro Shrine
The date of the shrine's founding is unknown. The name Mimeguri, meaning 3 circles, is said to originate from when a white fox appeared from the idol of an old man astride a white fox was dug up from under the shrine pavilion, and the white fox spun around 3 times and disappeared. The shrine is famous for a legend which said it rained on June 28, 1693, when the haiku poet Takarai Kikaku wrote a poem praying for rain. The shrine is on low land and the Torii gates were also built lower than the embankments, so looking towards the shrine from the Sumida-gawa River it appears that the Torii gates have sunk into the embankment.
Nishiki-e and Paintings
隅田川三囲り堤
隅田堤の樅の古ほく暴風の為都鳥の姿をあらはす図
暮雪 （三囲）
三廻
〔江戸高名会亭尽〕 三囲之景
(三囲の図)
三囲の夜雪
Other Materials
Landmarks around Mimeguri Inari no Yashiro Shrine
Koumezutsumi Matsuchiyama Shodengu Temple / Imado-bashi Bridge Sumida-gawa River Saruwaka-cho Hashiba / Imado Azuma-bashi Bridge Akiba Daigongen no Yashiro Shrine Senso-ji Temple Mukojima Hyakkaen Nihonzutsumi
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