Origins

KAMIYO Episode 23 – Izanagi and Izanami creating the Japanese Archipelago with Amenonuboko, Japanese mythology illustration

KAMIYO Episode 23: Izanagi and Izanami — The Cr...

[Prologue]: The Heavenly Pillar and the Golden Morning Sun The morning after their sacred marriage ritual. The newly risen sun dyed the "Ame-no-Mihashira" (The Heavenly Pillar), which towered at the...

KAMIYO Episode 23: Izanagi and Izanami — The Cr...

[Prologue]: The Heavenly Pillar and the Golden Morning Sun The morning after their sacred marriage ritual. The newly risen sun dyed the "Ame-no-Mihashira" (The Heavenly Pillar), which towered at the...

KAMIYO Episode 22 – Izanagi and Izanami on Onogoro Island before the Heavenly Pillar, Japanese mythology illustration

KAMIYO Episode 22: Izanagi and Izanami — Descen...

[Prologue]: Departure from Takamagahara, Reaching Gravity From the tip of the rainbow bridge connecting heaven and earth, the "Amenoukihashi" (Heavenly Floating Bridge), the two gods slowly descended toward the crystal...

KAMIYO Episode 22: Izanagi and Izanami — Descen...

[Prologue]: Departure from Takamagahara, Reaching Gravity From the tip of the rainbow bridge connecting heaven and earth, the "Amenoukihashi" (Heavenly Floating Bridge), the two gods slowly descended toward the crystal...

KAMIYO Episode 21 – Izanagi and Izanami stirring the sea of chaos with Amenonuboko, birth of Onogoro Island, Japanese mythology illustration

KAMIYO Episode 21: Izanagi and Izanami — The Be...

[Prologue]: The Heavenly Floating Bridge, Vertigo on the Borderline At the lowest layer of Takamagahara (The High Plain of Heaven), the sole gateway to the lower world. There, a massive...

KAMIYO Episode 21: Izanagi and Izanami — The Be...

[Prologue]: The Heavenly Floating Bridge, Vertigo on the Borderline At the lowest layer of Takamagahara (The High Plain of Heaven), the sole gateway to the lower world. There, a massive...

KAMIYO Episode 20 – Izanami-no-Mikoto and Izanagi on the Heavenly Floating Bridge, Japanese mythology illustration

KAMIYO Episode 20: Izanami-no-Mikoto — Destined...

[Prologue]: Love Song Echoing in the Void "Come out! My Half-Body!" The scream of Izanagi-no-Mikoto's soul tore through the stagnant atmosphere of the world and rippled out into the endless...

KAMIYO Episode 20: Izanami-no-Mikoto — Destined...

[Prologue]: Love Song Echoing in the Void "Come out! My Half-Body!" The scream of Izanagi-no-Mikoto's soul tore through the stagnant atmosphere of the world and rippled out into the endless...

KAMIYO Episode 19 – Izanagi-no-Mikoto, supreme male god of creation, Japanese mythology illustration

KAMIYO Episode 19: Izanagi-no-Mikoto — The Awak...

[Prologue]: The Prison of Frozen Beauty The world completed by Omodaru and Ayakashikone was perfection itself. Ridgelines drawn in the golden ratio, flowers that would never rot, and a calculated...

KAMIYO Episode 19: Izanagi-no-Mikoto — The Awak...

[Prologue]: The Prison of Frozen Beauty The world completed by Omodaru and Ayakashikone was perfection itself. Ridgelines drawn in the golden ratio, flowers that would never rot, and a calculated...

KAMIYO Episode 18 – Ayakashikone-no-Kami, goddess of mystery and bewitching enchantment, Japanese mythology illustration

KAMIYO Episode 18: Ayakashikone-no-Kami — The M...

[Prologue]: Paradise in a Glass Case The world created by Omodaru-no-Kami was at the pinnacle of beauty. The branching of trees composed in the golden ratio, rock surfaces polished like...

KAMIYO Episode 18: Ayakashikone-no-Kami — The M...

[Prologue]: Paradise in a Glass Case The world created by Omodaru-no-Kami was at the pinnacle of beauty. The branching of trees composed in the golden ratio, rock surfaces polished like...