Catalog record · 目録番号 140339

Stone gate to Amaterasu's cave

Date / 年代: 1880-1910
Medium / 技法: 浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Meiji / loc
Digital image / 画像: 1024 × 742 px
Published by / 公開者: 小春ユイ

Catalog note / 解説

Print shows a woman, possibly Countess Kami dancing on an overturned washtub with a group of gods facing her and a large fire behind her; in the background a warrior (Tajikara-o(?)) moves the stone gate to the Ama no iwato cave. The purpose of the dance was to lure Amaterasu out of her heavenly cave so that the sun would again shine on the world.

Image record / 画像情報

LOC · [between 1880 and 1910] · loc

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