Origins

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...

KAMIYO Episode 27 – Iwatsuchibiko-no-Kami, god of rock and solid earth, Japanese mythology illustration

KAMIYO Episode 27: The birth of the Rock, Iwats...

[Prologue]: The Pulsating World and the Crumbling Fragile Mud Ever since the Wind God, Shinatsuhiko-no-Kami, danced up into the vast sky and brought a pure breath to heaven and earth,...

KAMIYO Episode 27: The birth of the Rock, Iwats...

[Prologue]: The Pulsating World and the Crumbling Fragile Mud Ever since the Wind God, Shinatsuhiko-no-Kami, danced up into the vast sky and brought a pure breath to heaven and earth,...

KAMIYO Episode 26 – Shinatsuhiko-no-Kami, god of wind, born from Izanagi’s breath, Japanese mythology illustration

KAMIYO Episode 26: The Birth of the Wind God, S...

[Prologue]: A Beautiful Painting and the Stagnant Atmosphere Since Owatatsumi-no-Kami descended to the abyss of the ocean floor and brought the "pulsation of life" to the endless seas, Oyashimakuni (The...

KAMIYO Episode 26: The Birth of the Wind God, S...

[Prologue]: A Beautiful Painting and the Stagnant Atmosphere Since Owatatsumi-no-Kami descended to the abyss of the ocean floor and brought the "pulsation of life" to the endless seas, Oyashimakuni (The...