Inari not infrequently rewards human beings for any act of kindness to a fox.
An Inari shrine in a plum grove offered no particular interest, beyond recent inclosure showing a neighbour's hand.
Inasmuch as rice is the most important and necessary product of Japan, the honours which Inari Sama receives are extraordinary.
This is in part a massive store-house set back in the domestic structure, with the shrine of the Inari facing the visitor.
Inari had assumed the shape of a spider and priest in order to teach the once mean old man a lesson.
