Izanagi and izanami

A c. 1885 CE illustration of Izanami (left) and Izanagi (right) creating the islands of Japan with their spear.

The Japanese Creation Myth is complicated and at times (unintentionally) hilarious. Let's dig into the story of Izanagi and Izanami.

Izanami & Izanagi - this is an illustration of the famous japanese story that is very similar to the story of Orpheus and Eurydice. Both husbands went to the underworld to try to get their wives who had been killed back, however both of the wives ended up remaining in the underworld.

Thesis work. This is creation myth of Japan, featuring Izanagi and Izanami. They are sibling gods who created the islands of Japan by stirring the waters.

illustration I made for the new RBA collection - MYTHS AND LEGENDS OF JAPAN just published, for the first issue of the collection - Izanami and Izanagi.

The Kojiki, or "Records of Ancient Matters," holds the prestigious title of being Japan's oldest surviving chronicle.

Izanagi (イザナギ) is a Shinto deity - a kami - co-creator of the world and Japan. His story is reported in the Kojiki and Nihon shoki, two collections dealing with the myth of the.

Japan's creation myth is pretty cool. In the beginning, the first gods Kunitokotachi and Amenominakanushi created Izanagi and Izanami and charged them with the creation of the world. They gave the new brother and sister pair a heavenly spear, and Izanagi and Izanami descended to the heavenly floating bridge and plunged the spear into the

Aikido Founder Morihei Ueshiba and the relationship of the Floating Bridge of Heaven to the technical theory of Aikido.