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No. 140Amaterasu

Amaterasu · “Came out of the cave for this.” — Unisex T-Shirt

Amaterasu · “Came out of the cave for this.” — Unisex T-Shirt

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Studio design: drawn with AI image tools to the iconography of Shinto & Japanese Buddhism, checked against that tradition's rules and approved by a person. Captions are set in real type, never generated. Made to order in the USA.

“Came out of the cave for this.” Amaterasu, Great Woman of the Sun.

Amaterasu-Ōmikami is the sun kami of Shinto. When her brother Susanoo ran wild, she hid in a cave and the world went dark. The gods gathered outside, hung a mirror and curved jewels on a sacred tree, and made such merry noise that she peeked out, saw her own brightness, and light returned. At Ise she is honoured through a sacred mirror, kept out of sight.

From The Deity Project, a living encyclopedia of the sacred.

Three ways to wear it: the classic tee is soft and lightweight ($29); the garment-dyed tee is heavier, with a softly faded, lived-in colour ($36); the garment-dyed one-ink tee prints the design and its line in a single ink, in soft earthy colours ($34).

Read about AmaterasuNo. 140 in the encyclopedia: who they are, how to recognise them, feast days and sources View full details