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Ne-no-kuni

The root-land or far underworld in Japanese speech. Not Yomi as the land of the dead alone, and not Takamagahara.

Also known as Ne-no-katasukuni

Shinto

Ne-no-kuni appears in Shinto.
The Kojiki names Ne-no-kuni (the root-land) in Susanoo’s banishment and far-land speech, kept apart from Yomi as the land of the dead. A named otherworld in that compilation, not Takamagahara and not a generic underworld slogan.
from Ō no Yasumaro (compiler); Donald L. Philippi (translation) · Kojiki, 712 CE; Philippi trans. 1968
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Ne-no-kuni appears in Kojiki.
Ne-no-kuni speech is carried in the Kojiki’s Susanoo and related kami narrative. Named presence in that text hub.
from Ō no Yasumaro (compiler); Donald L. Philippi (translation) · Kojiki, 712 CE; Philippi trans. 1968
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Kojiki · Ō no Yasumaro (compiler); Donald L. Philippi (translation)
Donald L. Philippi, Kojiki.