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. Cross-Tradition 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."
Claims Backed By This Source (17 claims)
This source backs 17 claims across the atlas. As facts: 12 well-attested. As cited relationships: 4 holds. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
Disposition By Topic
- Sacred Art & Iconography, 11 claims: 7 well-attested, 3 holds, 1 general references.
- Sources, 6 claims: 5 well-attested, 1 holds.
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