Friday, October 18, 2024

(3246) One more of my favorite tiny shrines...

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...of the Inari (稲荷) chain of which Tokyo is full of and which are remnants of the Edo period. This one is in Nihonbashi, it's called Oman Inari (於満稲荷) and its name comes from one of Tokugawa Ieyasu's concubines who used to shop in the area for goods that she would then offer to various temples and shrines. Apparently Ms Oman was a very good customer of the Nihonbashi merchants so they built this Inari to honor her.  

(For a bigger version of this picture both in color and black and white, check my "Japan Arekore" set on Flickr).

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