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Also known as Ame no Hoakari

is a kami of sun and agriculture in Japanese mythology. The Shinsen Shōjiroku marks his descendants as .

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is a kami of sun and agriculture in Japanese mythology. The Shinsen Shōjiroku marks his descendants as .

== Name == Other names for Amenohoakari are listed below. Amaterukuniteruhikoamenohoakarikushitamanigihayahi-no-mikoto (天照国照彦天火明櫛玉饒速日尊) in the Kujiki Amaterukuniteruhikoamenohoakari-no-mikoto (天照國照彦天火明尊) Amaterukuniteruhikohoakari-no-mikoto (天照国照彦火明命) in the Nihon Shoki Amenohoakari-no-mikoto (天火明命) in the Kojiki Hoakari-no-mikoto (火明命) in the Nihon Shoki Ikishiniho-no-mikoto (膽杵磯丹杵穂命) Amateru Mitama-no-kami (天照御魂神) in Jinja Shiryō

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