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Inari norito: Hatsutomi Inari version

稲荷祝詞（初富稲荷神社の掲載本文）いなりのりと（はつとみいなりじんじゃのけいさいほんぶん）

A prayer to Inari for daily livelihood, the flourishing of the home, and protection day and night. This is the form published by Hatsutomi Inari Shrine, not a universal Inari rite.

English meaning and source text

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English meaning

About this English rendering

This site’s English rendering of the Japanese meaning guide, aligned with this edition. It is separate from the source words for recitation and is not an official liturgy. Sacred sounds are explained where possible, not given speculative literal translations. Historical beliefs, royal authority, illness and protection claims belong to the text; they are not present-day judgments, medical advice or guarantees of results.

Before Inari Ōkami, whose very name I speak with awe,

I respectfully offer these words.

In the work to which we devote ourselves morning and evening,

in the tasks and livelihood of our household,

may we continue without slackening or neglect.

Encourage us ever more,

lend us further strength,

and cause our household to gain vigor and prosper.

May life endure like an unmoving rock,

through the generations of children and grandchildren,

flourishing like the vigorous branches of a mulberry tree.

Let nothing that brings calamity to the household or ourselves

cause evil events. If we should commit a fault,

through the power of Kamunaobi and Ōnaobi to set wrongs right,

reconsider and hear it in a favorable light.

Protect us by night and by day, and grant us blessing.

With reverence, I offer this prayer.

Source text and reading aid

Roman letters are provided for every line of this source text.

How to use the Roman letters

Roman letters follow the kana displayed in this site’s Japanese reader; some readings are editorial additions documented on the Japanese page. These are a reading aid, not restored Sanskrit or a recording of a temple’s chanting. Historical spellings (such as wo, wi, we and ha used as a particle) are kept. Double vowels and repeated vowels mark the written kana; rhythm and pronunciation can differ by tradition.

You can simply read the meaning or sit quietly. No recitation is required. For a temple or shrine’s own recitation, follow that tradition’s published guidance.

本文（ほんぶん）

掛巻（かけまく）も恐（かしこ）き稲荷大神（いなりのおおがみ）の

kakemakumo kashikoki inarinooogamino

大前（おおまえ）に恐（かしこ）み恐（かしこ）みも白（もうさ）く

oomaeni kashikomi kashikomimo mousaku

朝（あした）に夕（ゆうべ）に勤（いそし）み務（つとむ）る

ashitani yuubeni isoshimi tsutomuru

家（いえ）の産業（なりわい）を

ieno nariwaiwo

緩事無（ゆるぶことな）く怠事無（おこたることな）く

yurubukotonaku okotarukotonaku

弥奨め（いやすすめ）に奨（すすめ）賜（たま）ひ

iyasusumeni susume tamahi

弥助（いやたすけ）に助（たす）け賜（たま）ひて

iyatasukeni tasuke tamahite

家門高（いえかどたかく）令吹興賜（ふきおこさしめたま）ひ

iekadotakaku fukiokosashimetamahi

堅磐（かきわ）に常磐（ときわ）に命長（いのちなが）く

kakiwani tokiwani inochinagaku

子孫（うみのこ）の八十連属（やそつづき）に至（いた）るまで

uminokono yasotsuzukini itarumade

茂（いか）し八桑枝（やぐわえ）の如（ごと）く令立槃賜（たちさかえしめたま）ひ

ikashi yaguwaeno gotoku tachisakaeshimetamahi

家（いえ）にも身（み）にも枉神（まがかみ）の

ienimo minimo magakamino

枉事不令有（まがことあらしめず）過犯（あやまちおか）す事（こと）の

magakotoarashimezu ayamachiokasu kotono

有（あら）むをば神直日（かむなおひ）大直日（おおなおひ）に

aramuwoba kamunaohi oonaohini

見直（みなお）し聞直（ききなお）し座（まし）て

minaoshi kikinaoshi mashite

夜（よ）の守（まもり）日（ひ）の守（まもり）に守幸（まもりさきわ）へ賜（たま）へと

yono mamori hino mamorini mamorisakiwahe tamaheto

恐（かしこ）み恐（かしこ）みも白（もう）す

kashikomi kashikomimo mousu

Connected kami and buddhas

These connections include figures addressed, mentioned, or associated by tradition. They do not assign a universal recitation practice.

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English explanations on this page were prepared by Inori no Mori from the cited text and its Japanese explanations. They are not an official translation or a prescribed liturgy.

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