Amaterasu Emerging From Exile

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An 1857 CE print by Utagawa Toyokuni III showing the sun goddess Amaterasu, the most important deity of the Japanese Shinto religion. Here she emerges from self-exile in a cave. The figure on the right is most probably the god Ame-no-tajikara-wo.

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III, U. T. (2016, May 20). Amaterasu Emerging From Exile. World History Encyclopedia. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/5146/amaterasu-emerging-from-exile/

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III, Utagawa Toyokuni. "Amaterasu Emerging From Exile." World History Encyclopedia, May 20, 2016. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/5146/amaterasu-emerging-from-exile/.

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III, Utagawa Toyokuni. "Amaterasu Emerging From Exile." World History Encyclopedia, 20 May 2016, https://www.worldhistory.org/image/5146/amaterasu-emerging-from-exile/.

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