ID: 901002533 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901002533	Record Type: Character/Person

	Amaterasu (Shinto deity)

Note: Shinto deity of the sun, often depicted as a woman. Associated with mirrors due to a legend in which Amaterasu hid in a cave and upon seeing her reflection in a mirror outside, was encouraged by other deities to come back out. This mirror, along with magatama jewels and her younger brother Susano-o no Mikoto's sword, comprise the major symbols of Japanese imperial regalia. In Shinto belief, deity of the sun and universe.

Names:

	Amaterasu (Shinto deity) (preferred,English-P,D,N)
	Amaterasu Ōmikami (Shinto deity) (English,U,N)
	Amaterasu omikami (Shinto deity) (English,U,N)
	Amaterasu-ōmikami (Shinto deity) (English,U,N)
	Ōhirume-no-muchi-no-kami (Shinto deity) (English,U,N)
	天照 (Shinto deity) (English,U,N)
	天照 (Shinto deity) (Japanese,U,N)
	天照大神 (Shinto deity) (Japanese,U,N)
	天照大神 (Shinto deity) (English,U,N)
	大日孁貴神 (Shinto deity) (Japanese,U,N)
	大日孁貴神 (Shinto deity) (English,U,N)
	天照大身神 (Shinto deity) (Japanese,U,N)
	天照大身神 (Shinto deity) (English,U,N)
	天照 (Shinto deity) (Japanese-P,D)

Hierarchical Position:

		Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
		....<Shinto iconography> (P)
		........<Shinto characters> (P)
		............Amaterasu (Shinto deity) (I)

Related Iconography:

	associated with .... Inari
	..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Shinto iconography, Shinto characters, Inari (Shinto character)) [901002341]

	associated with .... Uho Doji
	..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Buddhist iconography, Buddhist characters, Uho Doji (Buddhist character)) [901002347]

	associated with .... Susano-o no Mikoto
	..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Shinto iconography, Shinto characters, Susano-o no Mikoto (Shinto character)) [901002348]

	relative of .... Ebisu
	..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Buddhist iconography, Buddhist characters, Ebisu (Japanese deity)) [901002257]

Other Relationships:

	culture/religion is .... Shinto
	.....(religions (belief systems, cultures), religions and religious concepts, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	role/characteristic is .... deity
	.....(people in religion, people in religion and related occupations, people in the humanities, people by occupation, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	deity of .... sun (star)
	.....(stars (extraterrestrial bodies), extraterrestrial bodies, natural landscapes, landscapes (environments), Settlements and Landscapes (hierarchy name), Built Environment (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	affiliated/associated with .... mirror
	.....(furnishings by form or function, furnishings (works), Furnishings (hierarchy name), Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	affiliated/associated with .... Magatama
	.....(carvings (visual works), sculpture by technique, sculpture (visual works), visual works by material or technique, visual works (works), Visual Works (hierarchy name), Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:

	Amaterasu (Shinto deity)
	................British Museum [online] (1999-) "Amaterasu," accessed 20 August 2020, "Amaterasu (天照大身神),"
	................Victoria and Albert Museum [online] (2010) "Amaterasu," accessed 20 August 2020, "Festivals of Light - Shinto,"
	................Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History [online] (2020) "Amaterasu," accessed 20 August 2020, "Japanese memorial tablet or calendar,"
	................Casanowicz, Buddhist Art in US National Museum (1921)
	Amaterasu Ōmikami (Shinto deity)
	................Philadelphia Museum of Art online (2000-) "Amaterasu Ōmikami," accessed 20 August 2020, "Amaterasu Ōmikami Appearing from the Cave, from the series A Mirror of Famous Generals of Japan (Dai nippon meishō kagami),"
	Amaterasu omikami (Shinto deity)
	................Museum of Fine Arts, Boston [online] (2003-) "Amaterasu omikami," accessed 20 August 2020, "Uho doji, the Buddhist Manifestation of Amaterasu omikami,"
	Amaterasu-ōmikami (Shinto deity)
	................Wikipedia (2000-) "Amaterasu-ōmikami," accessed 20 August 2020, "Amaterasu,"
	Ōhirume-no-muchi-no-kami (Shinto deity)
	................Wikipedia (2000-) "Ōhirume-no-muchi-no-kami," accessed 20 August 2020, "Amaterasu,"
	天照 (Shinto deity)
	................Wikipedia (2000-) " 天照," accessed 20 August 2020, "Amaterasu,"
	天照大神 (Shinto deity)
	................Wikipedia (2000-) "天照大神," accessed 20 August 2020, "Amaterasu,"
	大日孁貴神 (Shinto deity)
	................Wikipedia (2000-) "大日孁貴神," accessed 20 August 2020, "Amaterasu,"
	天照大身神 (Shinto deity)
	................British Museum [online] (1999-) "天照大身神," accessed 20 August 2020, "Amaterasu,"
	天照 (Shinto deity)
	................Wikipedia (2000-) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amaterasu

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ British Museum [online] (1999-) accessed 20 August 2020, "Amaterasu (天照大身神),"
	................ Philadelphia Museum of Art online (2000-) accessed 20 August 2020, "Amaterasu Ōmikami Appearing from the Cave, from the series A Mirror of Famous Generals of Japan (Dai nippon meishō kagami),"
	................ Victoria and Albert Museum [online] (2010) accessed 20 August 2020, "Festivals of Light - Shinto,"
	................ Source for image https://www.philamuseum.org/collections/permanent/85293.html?mulR=258127228%7C50 ; accessed 20 August 2020; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amaterasu#/media/File:Amaterasu_cave_-_large_-_1856.jpeg
	................ Museum of Fine Arts, Boston [online] (2003-) accessed 20 August 2020, "Uho doji, the Buddhist Manifestation of Amaterasu omikami,"
	................ Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History [online] (2020) accessed 20 August 2020, "Japanese memorial tablet or calendar,"