Sacred place
Yakyu Inari Shrine
Yakyu Inari Shrine in Higashimatsuyama, Saitama. An Inari shrine traditionally founded in 712 CE, ranked as a former prefectural shrine.
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Saitama Inari shrine founded in 712 CE; named after arrows and a bow offered by Minamoto-no-Yorinobu in 1030.
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Yakyu Inari Shrine (Yakyu Inari-jinja) is an Inari shrine in Yakyu-cho, Higashimatsuyama City, Saitama Prefecture. Shrine tradition dates its founding to Wado 5 (712 CE), the same year as the compilation of Kojiki. The principal deity is Ukemochi-no-Mikoto, with Onamuchi, Susanoo, and Kushinada-hime as auxiliary deities. Nihon Shoki (720 CE) records Ukemochi-no-Mikoto as the food deity slain by Tsukuyomi, from whose body the five grains arose. In 1030 (Chogen 3), Minamoto-no-Yorinobu offered arrows (ya) and a bow (yumi) here while praying for victory in the Taira-no-Tadatsune Rebellion, after which the shrine became known as Yakyu Inari. Ranked as a prefectural shrine in the Meiji era. Today the shrine is widely visited by baseball players due to the homophone reading 'yakyu.'
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箭弓稲荷神社 公式・公的由緒資料
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箭弓稲荷神社 地域資料・百科資料
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