Oji Inari no Yashiro Shrine
Worshipped with fervor by the common people as a protective deity of food, clothing and shelter. The shrine bustled on the Hatsu-uma (The first day of the horse in February) with the kite market. There is a legend that on New Year's Eve, the foxes of the Kanto region gathered under a nearby Japanese hackberry tree, put on clothes and worshipped. The Japanese hackberry tree where the foxes supposedly gathered was called "Shozoku Enoki" (Costume Japanese hackberry tree).
Nishiki-e and Paintings
江都名所 王子稲荷の祠
江戸名勝図会 王子稲荷
王子稲荷
東都名所王子稲荷境内全図
江都名所 王子稲荷の社
名所江戸百景 王子稲荷の社
江戸名所 王子稲荷社
江戸自慢三十六興 王子稲荷初午
王子稲荷初午祭ノ図
Other Materials
Landmarks around Oji Inari no Yashiro Shrine
Oji / Takinogawa Asukayama Itabashi Zoshigaya Dokanyama Hakusan Sendagi Nippori Sugatami-bashi Bridge Yanaka
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