Amano-Iwato

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