Daytime version.

Fox Festival--
the non-divine foxes
crying
初午に無官の狐鳴にけり
-Kobayashi Issa (小林一茶), 1819.
Trans. David G. Lanoue.

#Kyoto #京都 #haiku #伏見稲荷 #FushimiInari #Fushimi #本宮祭 #Motomiya #小林一茶

Daytime version.

Fox Festival--
the non-divine foxes
crying
初午に無官の狐鳴にけり
-Kobayashi Issa (小林一茶), 1819.
Trans. David G. Lanoue.

#Kyoto #京都 #haiku #伏見稲荷 #FushimiInari #Fushimi #本宮祭 #Motomiya #小林一茶

In 1194 Emperor Go-Toba (後鳥羽天皇) decreed that Fushimi Inari had the right to 'divide' and re-enshrine the spirit of Inari Ōkami, allowing for new shrines to be created and a hierarchy established.

The god, held in a sacred object, is moved to a new home via paulownia box.

#Kyoto #京都 #伏見稲荷 #FushimiInari #Fushimi #本宮祭 #Motomiya