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Amaterasu Omikami

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Noun1.Amaterasu Omikami - central deity of Shinto; goddess personifying the sun and ancestress of the rulers of Japan
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It was supposedly first performed by the divine imperial ancestor, the sun goddess Amaterasu Omikami.
Crown prince attends rite for offering newly harvested rice by Japan Weekly Monitor
Under Shinto doctrine, the Emperor governed by divine right through his direct descent from the Sun goddess Amaterasu Omikami.
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