This paper investigates the establishment of Uraku Inari Daimyōjin in the Gion district by tracing land-use changes at the former site of Shōden'in, a sub-temple of Ken'nin-ji. Revived by Oda Urakusai, Shōden'in maintained its residence and garden through the Edo period. Following the Meiji Restoration's confiscation of temple lands, the site passed to the Gion district and was repurposed as a tea-processing facility run by Gion Women's Vocational Training Company, serving as the tea ceremony venue for the Miyako Odori. Around 1887, it became the rental hall Urakukan,and in 1895 functioned as the “Taihin Club” for the Fourth National Industrial Exhibition before continuing as the “Kyoto Club.” Urakusai's grave remained on site, and from the late 1890s Gion Kōbu held the annual Uraku Memorial Service. With the opening of the Gion-za theater nearby, the area developed into an entertainment district. The land was sold in 1902 and acquired by Shirai Matsujirō and Ōtani Takejirō of Shōchiku in 1908, the property was rapidly redeveloped, provoking local criticism. After the 1912 fire destroyed only houses on the Shōchiku-owned land,residents interpreted the event as a curse, plssibly leading to thefounding of Uraku Inari around 1915. The shrine exemplifies modern deity creation as communal memory responded to urban transformation and disaster.
M. OKADA (Tue,) studied this question.