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This is another of the six small shrines which I visited on a 1.25km (as the crow flies) round trip from Ningyōchō Station. The others are Suehiro Jinja, Kasama Inari Jinja, Tomizawa Inari Jinja,  Sanko Inari Jinja. and Koami Jinja.  It is thought to have been established in 931 during the Jōhei era. In 940 Fujiwara Hidesato prayed at the shrine for success in tracking down and capturing Taira Masakado and in thanks for his success presented it with a silver figurine of a fox. 

Almost half a millennium later, 1466, Ōta Dōkan, successfully prayed for rain after a long drought; when rain followed quite quickly he regarded it as a miracle and had the  Five Gods of the Fushima Inari Jinja jointly  enshrined through the kanjō process. In 1661 Ebisu was also jointly enshrined.
In the Edo Period it was designated as one of the Edo San Mori (江戸三森, lit. Edo Three Shrine Groves) along with Karasumori Jinja and Yanagimori Jinja. This is said to have raised the shrine’s popularity among samurai and commoners alike and led to