Origins

KAMIYO Episode 39: The Birth of the Mihashira-no-Uzu-no-Miko (The Three Noble Children) — The New Sun, Moon, and Ocean

KAMIYO Episode 39: The Birth of the Mihashira-n...

Prologue: The Final Purification, Wiping Away the Gazed Despair In the pure flow of the Awagihara river, Izanagi scooped up plenty of clear water in both hands. Reflected on that...

KAMIYO Episode 39: The Birth of the Mihashira-n...

Prologue: The Final Purification, Wiping Away the Gazed Despair In the pure flow of the Awagihara river, Izanagi scooped up plenty of clear water in both hands. Reflected on that...

KAMIYO Episode 38 – Izanagi performing Misogi purification in the river at Awagihara, gods born from cast-off garments and defilement, Japanese mythology illustration

KAMIYO Episode 38: The Misogi at Awagihara — Th...

Prologue: The Chill Under the Sun, the God of Life Eaten Away Having eternally sealed the boundary between life and death with the Chibiki-no-Iwa (Boulder of Chibiki), Izanagi finally returned...

KAMIYO Episode 38: The Misogi at Awagihara — Th...

Prologue: The Chill Under the Sun, the God of Life Eaten Away Having eternally sealed the boundary between life and death with the Chibiki-no-Iwa (Boulder of Chibiki), Izanagi finally returned...

KAMIYO Episode 37 – Izanagi pushing the Chibiki-no-Iwa boulder to seal Yomotsu-Hirasaka, the eternal parting of life and death between Izanagi and Izanami, Japanese mythology illustration

KAMIYO Episode 37: The Boulder of Chibiki — The...

Prologue: The Approaching Fundamental Despair Izanagi, having repelled the army of Yomi and the Yakusa-no-Ikazuchi (Eight Thunder Gods) through the sacred power of the peaches (Ookamuzumi-no-Mikoto), sat at the exit...

KAMIYO Episode 37: The Boulder of Chibiki — The...

Prologue: The Approaching Fundamental Despair Izanagi, having repelled the army of Yomi and the Yakusa-no-Ikazuchi (Eight Thunder Gods) through the sacred power of the peaches (Ookamuzumi-no-Mikoto), sat at the exit...

KAMIYO Episode 36 – Izanagi fleeing up Yomotsu-Hirasaka pursued by Yomotsu-Shikome and Yakusa-no-Ikazuchi, throwing sacred peaches to repel the army of death, Japanese mythology illustration

KAMIYO Episode 36: The Desperate Flight at Yomo...

Prologue: The Approaching Footsteps of Death "Haa... Haa...!!" The Yomi-no-Kuni (The Underworld) wrapped in absolute darkness. Only Izanagi's heavy breathing and the fierce sound of his footsteps kicking the cold...

KAMIYO Episode 36: The Desperate Flight at Yomo...

Prologue: The Approaching Footsteps of Death "Haa... Haa...!!" The Yomi-no-Kuni (The Underworld) wrapped in absolute darkness. Only Izanagi's heavy breathing and the fierce sound of his footsteps kicking the cold...

KAMIYO Episode 35 – Izanagi recoiling in horror at Izanami’s decaying form possessed by the eight Yakusa-no-Ikazuchi thunder gods in Yomi-no-Kuni, Japanese mythology illustration

KAMIYO Episode 35: The Revealed Corruption and ...

Prologue: The Opened Door of Taboo and the Creeping Scent of Death "Izanami... I am coming now." The small flame Izanagi lit upon the broken bamboo comb (takegushi). Relying on...

KAMIYO Episode 35: The Revealed Corruption and ...

Prologue: The Opened Door of Taboo and the Creeping Scent of Death "Izanami... I am coming now." The small flame Izanagi lit upon the broken bamboo comb (takegushi). Relying on...

KAMIYO Episode 34 – Izanagi breaking a bamboo comb to light a flame and opening the forbidden stone door in Yomi-no-Kuni, Japanese mythology illustration

KAMIYO Episode 34: The Law of Yomi and the Brok...

Prologue: The Closed Stone Door and the Irrevocable Reality Absolute darkness where neither light, nor sound, nor even wind exists. In the ears of Izanagi, who stood motionless before the...

KAMIYO Episode 34: The Law of Yomi and the Brok...

Prologue: The Closed Stone Door and the Irrevocable Reality Absolute darkness where neither light, nor sound, nor even wind exists. In the ears of Izanagi, who stood motionless before the...