Origins

KAMIYO Episode 33 – Izanagi descending alone into the darkness of Yomi-no-Kuni, standing before the stone gates of the palace of the dead, Japanese mythology illustration

KAMIYO Episode 33: The Taboo of the Living, to ...

Prologue: The Blood-Stained Sword and the Faded World The gruesome scene where the head of Hinokagutsuchi-no-Kami was severed, and from his blood, fierce warrior gods and mountain gods uttered their...

KAMIYO Episode 33: The Taboo of the Living, to ...

Prologue: The Blood-Stained Sword and the Faded World The gruesome scene where the head of Hinokagutsuchi-no-Kami was severed, and from his blood, fierce warrior gods and mountain gods uttered their...

KAMIYO Episode 32 – Izanagi wielding the Totsuka-no-Tsurugi to slay Hinokagutsuchi, blood-stained birth of warrior gods, descent into Yomi-no-Kuni, Japanese mythology illustration

KAMIYO Episode 32: The Wailing Totsuka-no-Tsuru...

Prologue: Creation at the End of Agony, the Tenacity of the Mother Goddess By the blazing flames of Hinokagutsuchi-no-Kami, the divine body of Izanami, the mother of life, was mercilessly...

KAMIYO Episode 32: The Wailing Totsuka-no-Tsuru...

Prologue: Creation at the End of Agony, the Tenacity of the Mother Goddess By the blazing flames of Hinokagutsuchi-no-Kami, the divine body of Izanami, the mother of life, was mercilessly...

KAMIYO Episode 31 – Hinokagutsuchi-no-Kami, god of fire, born as a pillar of flame from Izanami’s womb, scorching paradise, Japanese mythology illustration

KAMIYO Episode 31: The Birth of Hinokagutsuchi-...

Prologue: The Gears of Paradise Going Awry Oyashimakuni (The Great Eight Islands), where the seas had filled, mountains towered, and lush forests and fields covered the earth. In the center...

KAMIYO Episode 31: The Birth of Hinokagutsuchi-...

Prologue: The Gears of Paradise Going Awry Oyashimakuni (The Great Eight Islands), where the seas had filled, mountains towered, and lush forests and fields covered the earth. In the center...

KAMIYO Episode 30 – Kayanohime-no-Kami, goddess of fields, emerging from a vortex of serpentine vines and blooming flowers, Japanese mythology illustration

KAMIYO Episode 30: The Birth of Kayanohime-no-K...

Prologue: The Foot of the Towering Mountain, the Leftover Blank Space of the Earth With the majestic Oyamatsumi-no-Kami towering as heaven-piercing mountain ranges, and Kukunochi-no-Kami's forest powerfully covering its slopes,...

KAMIYO Episode 30: The Birth of Kayanohime-no-K...

Prologue: The Foot of the Towering Mountain, the Leftover Blank Space of the Earth With the majestic Oyamatsumi-no-Kami towering as heaven-piercing mountain ranges, and Kukunochi-no-Kami's forest powerfully covering its slopes,...

KAMIYO Episode 29 – Oyamatsumi-no-Kami, god of mountains, towering above the clouds over Oyashima, Japanese mythology illustration

KAMIYO Episode 29: The Birth of Oyamatsumi-no-K...

Prologue: The Saturated Sea of Trees and the Thirst for the Next "Order" Due to the fierce explosion of life by Kukunochi-no-Kami (the God of Trees), Oyashimakuni (The Great Eight...

KAMIYO Episode 29: The Birth of Oyamatsumi-no-K...

Prologue: The Saturated Sea of Trees and the Thirst for the Next "Order" Due to the fierce explosion of life by Kukunochi-no-Kami (the God of Trees), Oyashimakuni (The Great Eight...

KAMIYO Episode 28 – Kukunochi-no-Kami, god of trees, erupting from the earth as a grotesque heaven-piercing giant tree, Japanese mythology illustration

KAMIYO Episode 28 : The Birth of Kukunochi-no-K...

Prologue: The "Heat" at the Bottom of the Earth Shattering the Silence Oyashimakuni (The Great Eight Islands) had obtained a solid skeleton of rock and sand, and was welcoming a...

KAMIYO Episode 28 : The Birth of Kukunochi-no-K...

Prologue: The "Heat" at the Bottom of the Earth Shattering the Silence Oyashimakuni (The Great Eight Islands) had obtained a solid skeleton of rock and sand, and was welcoming a...