Amano-Iwato

Ama-no-Iwato is a cave in Japanese mythology. According to the Kojiki and the Nihon Shoki, the bad behavior of Susano'o, the Japanese god of storms, drove his sister Amaterasu into the Ama-no-Iwato cave. The land was thus deprived of light.

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Amaterasu cave edit2

Amaterasu cave

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Sketches by Sensai Eitaku - illustrated book by Sensai Eitaku, Otsuka Tetsugoro (MET, JIB28)

Origin of the Cave Door Dance (Amaterasu) by Shunsai Toshimasa 1889

Amaterasu cave edit2

Amaterasu cave (cropped)

Amaterasu cave

Ama-no-Iwato by Kawamura Kiyoo (Edo-Tokyo Museum)

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Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
commons	image		Amaterasu cave edit2		Commons
commons	image		Amaterasu cave		Commons
commons	image		NDL-DC 1312564-Utagawa Kunisada-岩戸神楽のはしまり-cmb		Commons
commons	image		Sketches by Sensai Eitaku - illustrated book by Sensai Eitaku, Otsuka Tetsugoro (MET, JIB28)		Commons
commons	image		Origin of the Cave Door Dance (Amaterasu) by Shunsai Toshimasa 1889		Commons
commons	image		Amaterasu cave edit2		Commons
commons	image		Amaterasu cave (cropped)		Commons
commons	image		Amaterasu cave		Commons
commons	image		Ama-no-Iwato by Kawamura Kiyoo (Edo-Tokyo Museum)		Commons
commons	image		NDL-DC 1312564-Utagawa Kunisada-岩戸神楽のはしまり-cmb		Commons