It is meaningful that in the Kojiki Amaterasu-oomikami was ascended up not to the Heaven as in the Chronicle of Japan, but heavenly place, Takamanohara. Yuuko Kuranishi explains it that compared with the Chronicle of Japan which Amaterasu-oomikami would be shining in the Heaven, the complier of the Kojiki would have supposed that Takamanohara would be rather close to the Earth and reflect something real ancient historical events. Takamanohara should have been symbol of some influential tribe state, maybe Na-no-kuni.
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2008年8 月 7日 (木)
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