Takamagahara

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Takamagahara is the heavenly realm in Shinto mythology, home of the kami and the divine seat of celestial authority.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Takamagahara canonical 3

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Statements (42)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Shinto cosmological realm
heavenly realm
mythological place
accessRestrictedTo kami
associatedDeity Amaterasu
Takami-Musubi
surface form: Kami-musubi

Takami-Musubi
connectedBy Ama-no-ukihashi
connectedTo Earth
contrastedWith Ashihara-no-Nakatsukuni
Yomi
cosmologicalCounterpart Ashihara-no-Nakatsukuni (Middle Land of Reed Plains)
Yomi
cosmologicalLevel heaven
cosmologicalPosition above the human world
countryOfOrigin Japan
culturalSignificance symbol of imperial divine origin
describedAs High Plain of Heaven
etymologyContains ama (heaven/sky)
hara (plain)
taka (high)
governedBy Amaterasu
heavenly deities
hasConceptualInfluenceOn Japanese imperial ideology
Shinto ritual worldview
hasDomain heavenly governance
sun and light
hasRealmType celestial realm
inhabitedBy kami
languageOfOrigin Japanese
linkedToMyth Izanagi’s ascent to heaven
Ninigi-no-Mikoto
surface form: descent of Ninigi
mentionedIn Kojiki
Nihon Shoki
moralAssociation order
purity
mythicFunction source of divine mandate for Japanese emperors
opposedConcept underworld
partOf Shinto cosmology
religion Shinto
role abode of the kami
divine seat of celestial authority

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Amaterasu residence Takamagahara
High Celestial Plain romanization Takamagahara