Toyokawa Inari
| Enpuku-zan Toyokawa-kaku Myōgon-ji (Toyokawa Inari) | |
|---|---|
円福山 豊川閣 妙厳寺 (豊川稲荷) | |
Toyokawa Inari's main hall (honden) | |
| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Buddhism |
| Sect | Sōtō |
| Deity | Senju Kannon (honzon) Toyokawa Dakini Shinten |
| Location | |
| Location | 1 Toyokawa-chō, Toyokawa, Aichi Prefecture |
| Country | Japan |
| Geographic coordinates | 34°49′28.26″N 137°23′31.24″E / 34.8245167°N 137.3920111°E |
| Architecture | |
| Founder | Tōkai Gieki |
| Completed | 1441 |
| Website | |
| Official website | |
Myōgon-ji (妙厳寺), also known as Toyokawa Inari (shinjitai: 豊川稲荷; kyūjitai: 豐川稲荷), is a Sōtō Zen Buddhist temple located in the city of Toyokawa in eastern Aichi Prefecture, Japan.
Although the temple's main image is that of the thousand-armed form of the bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara (Senju Kannon), it is more well-known for its guardian deity Toyokawa Dakini Shinten, a syncretic goddess who assumed characteristics of Inari, the Shinto kami of fertility, rice, agriculture, industry and worldly success. Despite the presence of a torii gate at the entrance (a relic of the amalgamation of Buddhism and native beliefs before the early modern period), the institution is a Buddhist temple and has no overt association with the Shinto religion.