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Nihon Shoki
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The Nihon Shoki provides detailed accounts of the incident in which Amaterasu withdrew into the Heavenly Rock Cave (Ama no Iwato), causing an extended period of darkness across both celestial and terrestrial realms. The text indicates this darkness lasted for a duration that varied according to regional counting systems—ranging from 147 to 891 years depending on whether calculations employed lunar, solar, or "cosmological" years.[^2]
The resolution of this crisis involved the deity Ame No Uzume, who performed sacred dances and revelry outside …