Fox enforcement - Fox enforcement

Japanese: 狐施行 - きつねせぎょう
Fox enforcement - Fox enforcement
Noun: An annual event in which people walk around offering red rice and fried tofu to foxes' holes, claiming that they are to feed them during the cold winter. Sometimes offerings are made to Inari Shrine, which worships foxes as messengers of the deity. This is widely practiced throughout the Kinki region and Yamaguchi Prefecture. Nosegyo . Season: Winter

Source: The Selected Edition of the Japanese Language Dictionary About the Selected Edition of the Japanese Language Dictionary Information

Japanese:
〘名〙 寒中に野狐に食物を施し与えると称して、狐の穴などに赤飯や油揚げを供えて歩く年中行事。狐を祭神の使いとする稲荷神社に供物を上げることもある。近畿一帯から山口県にかけての地方で広く行なわれる。野施行(のせぎょう)。《季・冬》

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