Oil Painting - Raven from Fushimi Inari

Description

Raven in Fushimi Inari Shrine. Kyoto, Japan

oil on canvas 31 x 41 cm or 12"x16"

Signed, dated, varnished. Item location: Milan, Italy

artist: Igor Pozdnyakov [email protected]

Fushimi Inari-taisha (伏見稲荷大社) is the head shrine of the kami Inari, located in Fushimi-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. The shrine sits at the base of a mountain also named Inari which is 233 metres (764 ft) above sea level, and includes trails up the mountain to many smaller shrines which span 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) and take approximately 2 hours to walk up.