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The townspeople of Edo are who had at the same time of pride of Edokko(a person born and raised in Edo) and anxiety about disaster. Many Kaicho were held in Edo in order to quell anxiety, and events that were supposed to be unusual are to be carried out on a daily basis. This leads to the pursuit of a new God & Buddha, and the epidemic gods, Hayarigami will become popular one after another. Mimeguri Inari Shirine, located in Mukojima is a Hayarigami that was especially popular in relation to the Mitsui Group. By its popularity, Mimeguri inari was used as a spatial background of Tamenaga Syunsui's novel "Ume no haru" and Deus ex machina, its popularity has doubled. Such a process was due to the economic thought of Edokko who acknowledged the combination of religious acts of worship and business.