Inari

Due to Inari's popularity in Japan there is a variety of his appearances. Sometimes the kami is depicted as young beautiful female goddess, an androgynous boddhisatva or - and this was my choice - an old man.

I somehow liked the idea that Inari, accompanied by his white foxes, walks through the rice fields at night.

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Digital painting.
Done for John Howe's monthly challenge - "December 2007: GODS & GODDESSES"