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What is an Inari Fox?

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What is an Inari Fox?
An Inari fox is the animal form of Inari, a sacred Japanese deity associated with rice, tea, and sake. Shrines across Japan are guarded by stone statues of the fox, which also appears in other forms of Japanese art like woodblock prints and anime.
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Pair Japanese Carved and Lacquered Inari Foxes, Showa Era, Dated 1951, Japan
Located in Austin, TX
A delightful and mischievous pair of Japanese carved and lacquered wood Inari foxes, kitsune, dated
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Vintage 1950s Japanese Showa Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Elm

Japanese antique Silk tapestry with 5 foxes in bamboo forest, mid 1700s
Located in MIlano, IT
Japanese antique Silk tapestry with 5 foxes in bamboo forest, mid 1700s Rectangular silk tapestry
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Antique Mid-18th Century Japanese Decorative Art

Materials

Silk, Wood

Antique Japanese Woodblock - Ikkesai Yoshiiku - Yaji and Kita at Oji Fox Shrine
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Description Ikkesai Yoshiiku Yaji and Kita at Oji Fox Shrine, from the Series “Tokyo Nichnichi
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Antique 19th Century Japanese Edo Prints

Materials

Paper

Extremely Rare Japanese Karakuri Ningyo Holding a Fox Mask, Edo Period, Ca. 1840
Located in New York, NY
Extremely Rare Japanese Karakuri Ningyo Holding a Fox Mask, Edo Period, Ca. 1840 DIMENSIONS 20
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Antique 1840s Japanese Japonisme Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Wood

Japanese Contemporary Art by Miyuki Takanashi - Snow Fox
By Miyuki Takanashi
Located in Paris, IDF
Tempera on canvas & signed on bottom right Miyuki Takanashi is a Japanese artist born in 1961 who
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Tempera

Japan Tall Antique Hand Crafted Inari Fox Kitsune With Glass Eyes Inari Shrine
Located in South Burlington, VT
Japanese antique shinto shrine ceramic Inari fox guardian and Shinto Kami (god). Rare glass eyes
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Early 20th Century Japanese Taisho Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Pottery, Glass

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