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Izanami & Izanagi (World History Encyclopedia)

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An image entry on World History Encyclopedia captioning a c.1885 painting by Kobayashi Eitaku showing Izanami and Izanagi, the paired creator deities of Japanese Shinto mythology, using a sacred spear to stir the primordial ocean and create the islands of Japan.

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Publisher
World History Encyclopedia
URL
https://www.worldhistory.org/image/5137/izanami--izanagi/
Source Type
encyclopedia
Assessment
Reliability Tier
3
Tier three: an editorially reviewed history reference site, used here for the painting's subject and date, corroborated independently by the painting's own Museum of Fine Arts Boston-credited Wikimedia Commons file record.
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Izanagi, Deities

This source names Izanagi directly: "Kobayashi Eitaku showing Izanami and Izanagi, the paired creator deities of Japanese Shinto mythology, using a sacred spear to stir the primordial ocean and create the islands of Japan."

Source Izanami & Izanagi (World History Encyclopedia)
Izanagi, Figures

This source names Izanagi directly: "Kobayashi Eitaku showing Izanami and Izanagi, the paired creator deities of Japanese Shinto mythology, using a sacred spear to stir the primordial ocean and create the islands of Japan."

Source Izanami & Izanagi (World History Encyclopedia)
Izanami, Deities

This source names Izanami directly: "painting by Kobayashi Eitaku showing Izanami and Izanagi, the paired creator deities of Japanese Shinto mythology, using a sacred spear to stir the primordial ocean and create the islands of Japan."

Source Izanami & Izanagi (World History Encyclopedia)
Izanami, Figures

This source names Izanami directly: "painting by Kobayashi Eitaku showing Izanami and Izanagi, the paired creator deities of Japanese Shinto mythology, using a sacred spear to stir the primordial ocean and create the islands of Japan."

Source Izanami & Izanagi (World History Encyclopedia)
Claims Backed By This Source (20 claims)

This source backs 20 claims across the atlas. As facts: 11 well-attested. As cited relationships: 8 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: 6 well-attested, 4 holds, 1 general references.
  • Sources, 9 claims: 5 well-attested, 4 holds.
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