Stone gate to Amaterasu's cave. -

Title : Stone gate to Amaterasu's cave.

Artist : Unknown

Date : [between 1880 and 1910]

Source : Library of Congress
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Description : 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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