(Shinto, Japanese mythology, agriculture) one of the eight agricultural offenses that is said to have been committed in the 高天原 (Takamagahara, “Plain of High Heaven”), notably by the unruly god 素戔嗚 (Susanoo), namely 畔放 (ahanachi, “breaking down ridges”), 溝埋 (mizoume, “covering ditches”), 樋放 (hihanachi, “releasing irrigation sluices”), 重播 (shikimaki, “double planting”), 串刺 (kushisashi, “setting up stakes”), 生剥 (ikehagi, “skinning alive”), 逆剥 (sakahagi, “skinning backward”) and 糞戸 (kusohe, “defecation”)

a mythical creature said to emerge from the sea and predict either good harvest or epidemic disease

(Shinto) the gods of the heavens

rain

frolic

heavens, sky

storm shutter, storm door

Synonym of 乱層雲 (ransōun, “nimbostratus”); rain cloud

(mythology, Shinto) Amatsumara, the Japanese god of the forge, metalcraft, and blacksmithing

(mythology, Shinto) the Japanese god of the forge, metalcraft, and blacksmithing