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Definition of Amaterasu omikami
1. Noun. Central deity of Shinto; goddess personifying the sun and ancestress of the rulers of Japan.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Amaterasu Omikami
Literary usage of Amaterasu omikami
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Great Japan: A Study of National Efficiency by Alfred Stead (1906)
"In the two first named, the divine mirror represents the Imperial Ancestor.
TL-- is the mirror which, according to old histories, Amaterasu- Omikami gave to ..."
2. Bulletin of the American Geographical Society by American Geographical Society of New York (1905)
"On this the god settled with his wife Izanami, another Adam and Eve, and they
had five children. Their most beloved daughter Amaterasu—Omikami, goddess of ..."
3. The International Position of Japan as a Great Power by Seiji George Hishida (1905)
"The Emperor Jinmu, the first Mikado, is said to be the divine descendant of
Amaterasu-Omikami, the Celestial Deity, who descended from heaven and created ..."
4. Evolution of the Japanese, Social and Psychic by Sidney Lewis Gulick (1903)
"... we find such statements as these: " From the time that Amaterasu-Omikami made
Ni- nigi-no-mikoto to descend from the heavens and subject to his ..."
5. Descriptive and Historical Catalogue of a Collection of Japanese and Chinese by William Anderson (1886)
"... quoting from a certain chronicle, gives a brief account of this divinity, who
is there called " Kaiko, the younger brother of amaterasu omikami. ..."
6. Architecture of Instruction and Delight: A Socio-historical Analysis of by Pieter van Wesemael (2001)
"According to Japanese mythology the sun goddess, amaterasu omikami, is the highest
deity and a direct ancestor ofthe imperial family. ..."
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