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Overview
A Buddhist temple enshrining a fox deity; a thousand donated stone foxes stand massed in one corner.
About this place
Myōgon-ji (妙厳寺), also known as Toyokawa Inari (shinjitai: 豊川稲荷; kyūjitai: 豐川稲荷), is a Sōtō Zen Buddhist temple located in the city of Toyokawa in eastern Aichi Prefecture, Japan. Although the temple's main image is that of the thousand-armed form of the bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara (Senju Kannon), it is more well-known for its guardian deity Toyokawa Dakini Shinten, a syncretic goddess who assumed characteristics of Inari, the Shinto kami of fertility, rice, agriculture, industry and worldly success. Despite the presence of a torii gate at the entrance (a relic of the amalgamation of Buddhism and native beliefs before the early modern period), the institution is a Buddhist temple and has no overt association with the Shinto religion.
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Source ja.wikipedia.org ↗Key facts
Founded / opened：1441 Highlights / collection：One thousand fox statues, Carvings of the main shrine Genre：Sculpture, Architecture
Source ja.wikipedia.org ↗Official website
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