Ukiyo-e Educational Catalog · Record 140339

Stone gate to Amaterasu's cave

Artist / 作者
不明
Date / 年代
1880-1910
Medium / 技法
浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Meiji / loc
Digital record / 画像記録
1024 × 742 px
Source collection / 所蔵元
Library of Congress
Published by / 公開者
小春ユイ
Rights / 権利
No known restrictions on publication
Attribution / 表記
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division

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.

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