Sacred place
Chiyoho Inari Shrine
Chiyoho Inari Shrine in Kaizu, Gifu, is counted among the three great Inari shrines of Japan with year-round commercial worship.
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Gifu Inari shrine of the Edo Mino merchant region, counted among the three great Inari shrines of Japan.
Description
Chiyoho Inari Shrine (Chiyoho Inari-jinja, popularly "Oinari-san") stands in Kaizu City, Gifu Prefecture, west of the lower Ibi River, and is counted among the three great Inari shrines of Japan together with Fushimi Inari Taisha in Kyoto and Toyokawa Inari in Aichi. The main enshrined deity is Uka-no-Mitama-no-Kami, recorded in the Kojiki (712 CE) as the offspring of Susanoo-no-Mikoto and venerated nationwide as the deity of grain, harvest, and commercial enterprise. According to shrine tradition, the shrine was founded in the Bunmei era (1469-1486) when a descendant of Minamoto no Yoshiie enshrined the Inari deity of his ancestors at this site. The shrine is widely known among Nagoya-area merchants, who visit on the monthly devotional day (tsukinami matsuri) on the last day of each month. The shrine has been managed continuously by the Mori family hereditary priesthood.
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千代保稲荷神社 公式・公的由緒資料
Institutional source千代保稲荷神社の由緒、所在地、参詣圏を確認するための公式・公的資料。
千代保稲荷神社 地域資料・百科資料
Secondary source千代保稲荷神社の名称、所在地、歴史的背景を補助的に確認する二次資料。
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