This group gathers artworks depicting the Ama-no-Iwato myth, in which the sun goddess Amaterasu, driven into hiding inside a heavenly cave by her brother Susanoo's misconduct, plunged the world into darkness. The other kami gathered outside the cave and Ame-no-Uzume, goddess of dawn, mirth and dance, performed a bawdy, uninhibited dance that made the assembled gods laugh so loudly that Amaterasu, curious, opened the cave and let light return to the world. A bowl bearing Uzume's face and a print depicting the origin of the Iwato Kagura dance, the sacred performance still reenacting this myth today, both illustrate this pivotal episode of Japanese mythology.
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1. Wikipedia: Japanese mythology
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Japanese mythology is a collection of traditional stories, folktales, and beliefs that emerged in the islands of the Japanese archipelago.
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- Has Member: Bowl with Face of Uzume (Metropolitan Museum of Art, 36.120.627), the Metropolitan Museum of Art accession record identifies the bowl's subject as the face of Uzume
- Has Member: Origin of Iwato Kagura Dance (Utagawa Kunisada, 1856), the entity's own title identifies the print's subject as the origin of the Iwato Kagura dance
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