Inari Ōkami

Names

Inari Ōkami is a very popular kamisama, and therefore there are many local variations. Usually these local variations are called "[local name] Inari" or simply "Oinarisan". Here, I will list some common or general names for them. Here, I use they/them pronouns for Inari Ōkami, as their gender presentation varies greatly in artistic depictions and folklore.

Inari Ōkami

Oinari-san (for worshippers to express familiarity)

Inari Daimyōjin (Shinbtusu Shugo)

Gosaijin

Multiple kamisama may be enshrined nuder the name Inari. There are some specific configurations that are common. This includes:

Uka no Mitama no Mikoto

Omiyanome no Ōkami/Ame no Uzume no Mikoto, Satahiko Ōkami/Sarutahiko Ōkami, and Uka no Mitama no Ōkami/Mikoto

At Fushimi Inari Taisha style shrines, Tanaka no Ōkami and Shi no Ōkami are added to the above three

Dakiniten, at Buddhist temples or syncretic Shinbtusu-Shugo shrines

Domain

Inari Ōkami is most commonly known for their blessings of prosperity and the main essentials of life -- clothing, a roof to sleep under, and food. Their connection to rice is particularly strong and well-known; their crest is that of rice stalks. Thus, their domain is sometimes called "Five Grain Prosperity" -- ruling over five grains, including rice.

Prayers

Inari Norito (JP)

掛巻も畏き稲荷大神の大前に恐み恐みも白さく

朝に夕に勤しみ務むる家の産業を緩む事無く怠る事無く

彌奨めに奨め給ひ彌助けに助け給ひて 家門高く吹き興さしめ給ひ堅磐に常磐に命長く 子孫の八十続に至るまで五十橿八桑枝の如く立ち栄へしめ給ひ家にも身にも枉神の枉事有らしめ給はず過ち犯す事の有らむをば神直日大直日に見直し聞き直し坐して夜の守日の守に守り幸はへ給へと恐み恐みも白す

Inari Norito (Romaji)

Kakemakumo kashikoki Inari Ohoami no Ohomae ni kashikomi kashikomi mo mawosaku

Ashita ni yufube ni isoshimi tsutomuru ihe no narihahi wo yurumu kotonaku okotaru kotonaku

Iyasusume ni susume tamahi iyatasuke ni tasuke tamahite

Ihekado takaku fuki okosashimetamahi

Kakiha ni tokiha ni inochi nagaku

Uminoko no yasotsuzuki ni itaru made

Ikashi yakuhae no gotoku tachisakahe shimetamahi

Ie nimo mi nimo magakami no magagoto arashime tamahazu

Ayamachi okasu koto no aramuwoba

Kamunahobi ohonaobi ni minahoshi kikinahoshimashite

Yoru no mamori hi no mamori ni mamori sakihahe tamahe to

Kashikomi mo mawosu.

Major Shrines and Temples

Fushimi Inari Taisha, Kyoto

Toyokawa Inari Temple, Aichi (Sōtō Buddhist)