An image entry on World History Encyclopedia captioning an 1857 print by Utagawa Toyokuni III showing the sun goddess Amaterasu, the principal deity of Shinto, emerging from self-imposed exile in a cave, with a figure identified as the god Ame-no-Tajikarawo at right.
Facts
Citation
PublisherWorld History Encyclopedia
URLhttps://www.worldhistory.org/image/5146/amaterasu-emerging-from-exile/
Source Typeencyclopedia
Assessment
Reliability Tier3
Tier three: an editorially reviewed history reference site, used here for the print's subject and date, corroborated independently by the print's own Wikimedia Commons file record. Connections
Associated With
This source names Amaterasu directly: "Toyokuni III showing the sun goddess Amaterasu, the principal deity of Shinto, emerging from self-imposed exile in a cave, with a figure identified as the god Ame-no-Tajikarawo at right."
Source Amaterasu Emerging From Exile (World History Encyclopedia)
Claims Backed By This Source (20 claims)
This source backs 20 claims across the atlas. As facts: 14 well-attested. As cited relationships: 5 holds. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
Disposition By Topic
- Sacred Art & Iconography, 14 claims: 9 well-attested, 4 holds, 1 general references.
- Sources, 6 claims: 5 well-attested, 1 holds.
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