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  1. Ame No Uzume

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    Role in Amaterasu's Recovery
    When the assembled kami convened to address the crisis, Ame No Uzume was tasked with the critical diplomatic and performative elements of Amaterasu's ceremonial emergence. While Susanoo managed the initial negotiating framework, and other kami installed the sacred mirror (Yata no Kagami), Ame No Uzume executed the ceremonial performance protocol that constituted the actual persuasion mechanism.
    Her performance employed what scholars term "strategic entertainment diplomacy"—a methodology combining erotic dance (…