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Takamagahara

The High Plain of Heaven in Japanese cosmogony. Not Tian as Chinese Heaven-order, and not Yomi as the below.

Also known as Takama-ga-hara · High Plain of Heaven

Shinto

Takamagahara appears in Shinto.
The Kojiki opens on Takamagahara, the High Plain of Heaven where the early kami assemble and from which the heavenly grandchild descends. A named heavenly plain in that cosmogony, not Tian as Chinese Heaven-order and not Yomi as the below.
from Ō no Yasumaro (compiler); Donald L. Philippi (translation) · Kojiki, 712 CE; Philippi trans. 1968
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Takamagahara appears in Kojiki.
Takamagahara is the Kojiki’s standing name for the high-heaven assembly place. Named presence in that text.
from Ō no Yasumaro (compiler); Donald L. Philippi (translation) · Kojiki, 712 CE; Philippi trans. 1968
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sources

Kojiki · Ō no Yasumaro (compiler); Donald L. Philippi (translation)
Donald L. Philippi, Kojiki.