An image entry on World History Encyclopedia captioning a c.1885 painting by Kobayashi Eitaku showing Izanami and Izanagi, the paired creator deities of Japanese Shinto mythology, using a sacred spear to stir the primordial ocean and create the islands of Japan.
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Citation
PublisherWorld History Encyclopedia
URLhttps://www.worldhistory.org/image/5137/izanami--izanagi/
Source Typeencyclopedia
Assessment
Reliability Tier3
Tier three: an editorially reviewed history reference site, used here for the painting's subject and date, corroborated independently by the painting's own Museum of Fine Arts Boston-credited Wikimedia Commons file record. Cross-Tradition Connections
Associated With
This source names Izanagi directly: "Kobayashi Eitaku showing Izanami and Izanagi, the paired creator deities of Japanese Shinto mythology, using a sacred spear to stir the primordial ocean and create the islands of Japan."
This source names Izanagi directly: "Kobayashi Eitaku showing Izanami and Izanagi, the paired creator deities of Japanese Shinto mythology, using a sacred spear to stir the primordial ocean and create the islands of Japan."
This source names Izanami directly: "painting by Kobayashi Eitaku showing Izanami and Izanagi, the paired creator deities of Japanese Shinto mythology, using a sacred spear to stir the primordial ocean and create the islands of Japan."
This source names Izanami directly: "painting by Kobayashi Eitaku showing Izanami and Izanagi, the paired creator deities of Japanese Shinto mythology, using a sacred spear to stir the primordial ocean and create the islands of Japan."
Claims Backed By This Source (17 claims)
This source backs 17 claims across the atlas. As facts: 9 well-attested. As cited relationships: 7 holds. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
Disposition By Topic
- Sources, 9 claims: 5 well-attested, 4 holds.
- Sacred Art & Iconography, 8 claims: 4 well-attested, 3 holds, 1 general references.
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