Toyouke’s Connections

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Has aspect

• Inari

  Toyouke, the great food goddess of Ise's Outer Shrine, was identified with Inari by medieval Watarai theologians who wove the grain deities into a single divine lineage, linking the harvest kami of Fushimi to the ancient provider of sacred offerings at Ise.

  ⚠ The Toyouke-Inari identification is primarily a Watarai Shinto construction (Shintō Gobusho, 13th c.). Mainstream Ise tradition and Fushimi Inari Taisha treat them as distinct kami.

Associated with

• Amaterasu,Ise Jingu

  Ise Jingū comprises two main sanctuaries: the Naikū enshrining Amaterasu and the Gekū enshrining Toyouke, whom Amaterasu summoned to Ise to prepare her sacred food offerings.