Specially designed Inari kamidana altar set! High quality medium-size kamidana Shinto altar with accessories suitable for home or business. The set includes our most popular size kamidana along with a red-colored torii shrine gate, a pair of porcelain fox statues and an authentic blessed ofuda prayer plaque. This type of small Shinto shrine is commonly used in Japan by families or even organizations and business to symbolically house the group's patron deity. Kamidana will normally be placed in conspicuous view on a shelf or high wall within an important room such as the family room or in an area where employees or associates work or gather. Kamidana are also used to house sacred tablets called ofuda (lit "honorable plaque") which are inscribed with written prayers and sanctified by a priest.

Lovely matching pair of small porcelain Shinto (native religion of Japan) Inari fox messenger statues. These brand new, Japanese-made statues are in perfect condition and ready for use with a small Shinto shrine or as unique and interesting display items within the home of someone who appreciates traditional Japanese culture. Please read below to learn more about Inari fox messenger.

 

Brand new porcelain statue set depicting a pair of Shinto (native religion of Japan) fox messengers. The fox (kitsune in Japanese) has long been associated with shrines dedicated to Inari who is the god of grains and one of the most revered of Shinto deities. These high quality statues are made of porcelain and feature delicate, hand-painted features with gold accent on the tail, ears and mouth. The statues are made in Japan and feature the maker's trademark 'ho' impressed upon the back of each figure.

 

Beautiful matching pair of porcelain Shinto (native religion of Japan) Inari fox messenger statues. These brand new, Japanese-made statues are in perfect condition and ready for use with a small Shinto shrine or as unique and interesting display items within the home of someone who appreciates traditional Japanese culture.

 

Brand new wood and paper ofuda from the Minowa Inari Shinto shrine located in the seaside city of Shimizu, Japan near Mt. Fuji. This shrine is over 400 years old and dedicated to Inari, the god of cereals and grains who protects the rice harvest and is one of the most important and revered of all Shinto deities. Inari shrines are quite famous for their impressive fox statues (Inari kitsune) which can normally be seen standing guard on either side of the shrine gate. The writing on this ofuda reads in Japanese Minowa Inari jinja which translates as 'Minowa Inari shrine'. This is the standard type of ofuda used with any Japanese Shinto kamidana.

 

Brand new, small size model Shinto torii wooden shrine gate painted red for use with Inari altars. Those who have visited Shinto (native religion of Japan) shrines in Japan may recall passing beneath one or more large gates (mon) at the entrance to the shrine complex. These distinctive structures are called torii in Japanese and are thought to mark the boundary between the secular world and the sanctified grounds of the shrine. In passing beneath a torii one is, in fact, making his or her initial approach towards the inner sanctuary, and accordingly many Japanese will first bow before stepping under the gate.