Miwa : PhotoStory

A monk called Genpin lives near Mount Miwa. A woman visits him with offerings of branches and water.

In autumn, when it is getting colder in the evenings, the woman asks Genpin if he can give her some clothing and he does.

Genpin asks where she lives. In reply, she asks him to visit her at the cedar tree at the foot of Mount Miwa.

When Genpin goes to the cedar tree, he finds his clothing hanging on it.

In Genpin’s dream, the Deity of Miwa appears in the form of woman and relates the story of the origins of Miwa.

The Diety of Miwa goes on to perform a kagura dance and shows him the legend of Ama-no-Iwato (the Rock Door of Heaven).

After the dazzling figure of the sun goddess Amaterasu Ōmikami appears from behind the rock door, the monk wakes at dawn from his dream.