and the progenitors of many deities, which include the sun goddess Amaterasu, the moon deity Tsukuyomi, and the storm god Susanoo. He is a god that can be said to be the beginning of the current Japanese imperial family.

Name

His name is given in the [[Kojiki]] both as Izanagi-no-Kami (?????) and Izanagi-no-Mikoto (?????), while the Nihon Shoki (720 AD) refers to him as

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