Amaterasu Omikami

Categories: Short Illustrated History of Great Japan (Dai nippon shiryaku zue)

Number
#1

Date
1879/4

Title (Kanji)
天照皇
太神

Title (Rōmaji)
Amaterasu Omikami

Description
This image shows Ame no Uzume no mikoto, aShintodivinity (the goddess of dawn and revelry) attempting to lureAmaterasu Omikami, the Shinto sun-goddess, from her cave, by dancing and playing a flute.

Additional information

Year Published	1879
Size	Ōban triptych
Signed	Taiso
Seals	Taiso Yoshitoshi
Subjects	Fire/smoke, God/goddess, Mythology, Writing/text
Editions	First
Publisher	Kobayashi, Matsumoto, Tsunashima
Block Carvers	Watanabe Hori Ei

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