[SUSA-NO-WO MAKING A COMPACT WITH DISEASE SPIRITS] 360

From a Japanese painting (by Hoga) in the British Museum

[AMATERÂSU, THE SUN GODDESS, EMERGING FROM HER CAVE] 368

From a Japanese painting in the British Museum

[SEIOBO (= THE CHINESE SI WANG MU) WITH ATTENDANT AND THREE RISHI] 380

From a Japanese painting (by Sanraku) in the British Museum [[1]]

[[Contents]]

MYTHS OF
CHINA AND JAPAN

CHAPTER I

The Dawn of Civilization