Image: Origin of Iwato Kagura Dance Amaterasu by Toyokuni III (Kunisada) 1856

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Description: "Origin of Iwato Kagura Dance" triptych by Utagawa Kunisada (aka Toyokuni III). The goddess Amaterasu-Ōmikami is in the center. Amaterasu became curious how the gods could make merry while the world was plunged into darkness and was told that outside the cave there was a deity more illustrious than she. She peeped out, saw her reflection in the mirror, heard the cocks crow, and was thus drawn out from the cave.
Title: Origin of Iwato Kagura Dance Amaterasu by Toyokuni III (Kunisada) 1856
Credit: Shukado - https://www.japanese-finearts.com/item/list2/A1-97-135/Toyokuni%20III%20(Kunisada)/Origin%20of%20Iwato%20Kagura%20Dance
Author: Toyokuni III (Kunisada)
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