Tiny Buddha Inari God gold clay Inari Buddha Statue Figure Wood Carving Ornament Inari no 7.3cm (Wooden Boxwood, finish)_Inari (GSB Kami)

---------------------------------------------------------------------- Tiny Buddha Series: Miniature carved wooden Buddha statues that are perfectly balanced and can be enjoyed anywhere and for any purpose. Body size (approx.): Height 7.3 x Width 9 x Depth 5cm Weight: Approx. 100g Materials: Main body - Natural wood (boxwood) Base board - Japanese wood ◆ Product contents: Main body (integrated base) in paulownia box ◇ Country of origin: China Note: All products are finished by hand to ensure a high level of uniformity, but no two products are exactly the same. Also, please note that the wood grain and coloring may vary slightly. Inari-kami Inari-kami (Inari-kami, Inari-shin) is a grain spirit and agricultural god who symbolizes rice. ``Inari'' is a word that refers to the god of food (Ukanomitama), the fox (Mishokutsukami), fried tofu, Inari sushi, and the long, thin flags that traveling entertainers set up around town. It is also called Inari Daimyojin, Oinari-sama, or Inari-san. It is said that the word originally meant ``rice growing,'' but the character ``Inari'' was later given to it because of the image of the god carrying rice. The belief in Inari was originally passed down from the Hata clan, an immigrant tribe, in ancient society, and the belief spread as the Hata clan expanded in power. It is assumed that the original festival site for the ``Tenokami'' was a fox mound (a mound where a fox was worshiped as a god, or a hole in the fox's habitat), but in the early modern period, Inari worship centered on Fushimi Inari in Kyoto spread, and Inari came to be enshrined at fox mounds. Because Inari is equated with Ukanomitama (Uka no Mitama), the god in charge of grains, many Inari shrines, including Fushimi Inari Taisha, enshrine Ukanomitama as the main deity.