During the night of May 7, 1620 he appeared in a dream to Kakuzan, saying that he, Takuzōsu, was originally the Inari Daimyōjin of Chiyoda Castle, another name for Edo Castle. Having achieved his dream of mastering the Jōdo-shū doctrines he was about to revert to his Inari Daimyō role but would protect Denzū-in. Kakuzan thereupon dedicated a shrine to Inari Daimyōjin in the Denzū-in grounds, although another temple, Jigen-in ( 慈眼院) was named as the bettoji.

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Description

About 10 min on foot from both Korakuen and Kasuga Stations. It is difficult to do justice to this site in either words or photos. I use the word "site" because as far as I could see neither in the Takuzōsu Inari grounds nor its home page is the word 神社 used. The shagōhyō (stone pillar at the front of a shrine showing its name) describes Takuzōsu Inari as being the tutelary deity (chinju) of Denzū-in. That said, there are several structures around the site which can only be described as Inari Jinja, or perhaps more correctly as hokora (small shrines). To the side of the main hall there is a stairway leading down to a largish depression in the ground reikutsu the main feature of which is four torii tunnels at right angles to each other, each leading to a hokora. Scattered around the reikutsu are other hokora, kitsune, Buddhist statues, and a statue of Daikokuten overlooking everything. Well worth a visit.