Takao Inari Shrine is located at 10-7, Nihonbashi-Hakozakicho, Chuo-ku.
Takao Inari Shrine is a place where the body of the prostitute Dayu Takao of the Edo period was repatriated, and her divine spirit
It is said that it originated from the worship of Takao Daimyojin and the actual divine spirit is the enshrined deity.
According to the "Origin" board
Manji 2nd year (1659) December, a prostitute with Shirozaemon Miuraya, 1-chome Shinyoshiwara-Kyocho, a flower town in Edo
It is the highest rank of the prostitute named Dayu Takao, the second generation of the prostitute, and it sounds like a beautiful appearance and squeaks in the Zemin Isei.
It is said that he was good at Waka haikai, and his calligraphy was outstanding, familiar with various arts, and played an unparalleled heyday.
The birthplace was the daughter of Yasu Shiobara Shiobara Shiogama Village Farmer Chosuke, who was 19 years old at the time.
Takao was favored by the prince of Tsunamune Date, Sendai feudal lord, and was asked for a large sum of money.
There was a person who was intent, maneuvered and did not follow the prince, so he finally bought anger and was at the Sumida River Mitamata (now the present)
It was hung on a tower boat around Nakashu) and abandoned in Kawanaka.
A few days later, the body drifted ashore on the banks of Kita-Niihori in Okawabata, and had a hermitage there.
It is said that the monk repatriated it and buried it thickly.
Daimyojin divine spirit Takao, who built a company there and built her company in the lovely end of Takao.
It was the origin of our company that worshiped and made Takao Inari Shrine.
At present, this company is very rare in Japan for Inari, and the actual divine spirit (real skull) is enshrined deity.
It is enshrined in the shrine.
Many people come to worship from the Edo period to the early Showa period, and there are stalls in fair.
It was prospered. (Hakozaki Kita-Shinbori Town Association)
It was a woman's pity at that time.
