Ashihara-no-Nakatsukuni (Middle Land of Reed Plains)
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Ashihara-no-Nakatsukuni, or the Middle Land of Reed Plains, is the human-inhabited earthly realm in Shinto cosmology that lies between the heavenly plain of the gods and the underworld.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ashihara-no-Nakatsukuni | 0 |
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
earthly world
ⓘ
location in Shinto cosmology ⓘ mythological realm ⓘ |
| above | Yomi ⓘ |
| alternateName |
Ashihara no Nakatsukuni
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Middle Land of Reed Plains NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedDeity |
Amaterasu
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Susanoo NERFINISHED ⓘ Ōkuninushi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Japanese archipelago NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| belongsToTradition | classical Shinto texts ⓘ |
| below | Takamagahara NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contrastedWith |
heavenly realm of the kami
ⓘ
underworld of the dead ⓘ |
| cosmologicalCategory | earth ⓘ |
| cosmologicalCounterpart |
Takamagahara
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Yomi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cosmologicalLevel | middle realm ⓘ |
| culturalContext | Japanese mythology ⓘ |
| describedIn |
Kojiki
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Nihon Shoki NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| etymologyContains |
ashi (reed)
ⓘ
hara (plain) ⓘ kuni (land) ⓘ naka (middle) ⓘ tsu (possessive particle) ⓘ |
| governedBy | Ōkuninushi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasConceptualOpposite |
otherworldly divine realm
ⓘ
realm of the dead ⓘ |
| inhabitants | humans ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Japanese ⓘ |
| laterRuledBy | descendants of Amaterasu ⓘ |
| linkedTo | origin myths of Japan ⓘ |
| mythicFunction | stage for human history in Shinto worldview ⓘ |
| mythicStatus | sacred land ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | site of creation and ordering of the land ⓘ |
| partOf | Shinto cosmology NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionBetween |
Takamagahara
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Yomi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| realmType | human-inhabited world ⓘ |
| relatedMyth | transfer of land (kuni-yuzuri) ⓘ |
| religion | Shinto ⓘ |
| roleInMythology | realm to be pacified by the gods ⓘ |
| separatedFrom | Takamagahara by Ama-no-ukihashi (floating bridge of heaven) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| viewedAs | realm entrusted to imperial lineage in myth ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.