Religious Texts
Texts Shinto
myths are contained within the written texts, Kohiki and Nihonshoki. “They tell of the generation of the Japanese Islands and the kami by the primal parents Izanagi and Izanami, and of the goddess Amaterasu, associated with the Sun..." ("Eastern Family Part II: Buddhism, Shintoism, Japanese New Religions”). These books contributed to the proclamations of divinity associated with the various emperors and imperial families throughout Japan’s history.