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6/14/2025, 4:15:40 PM
>>527400112
It's because of their connection to the kami Inari, who's messengers are foxes and who's shrines are believed to be guarded by foxes.
Abura-age (deep fried tofu pouches) were often offered to Inari and fox statues at these shrines, and by virtue of association as his direct agents foxes/kitsune came to be associated with them as well. Worth noting Inari is not a fox himself, they're just his messengers.
>>527374348
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It's because of their connection to the kami Inari, who's messengers are foxes and who's shrines are believed to be guarded by foxes.
Abura-age (deep fried tofu pouches) were often offered to Inari and fox statues at these shrines, and by virtue of association as his direct agents foxes/kitsune came to be associated with them as well. Worth noting Inari is not a fox himself, they're just his messengers.
>>527374348
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