ne-no-kuni

Updated: January 5, 2026

The Records say that after Izanami's death in giving birth to the Kami of fire, she was buried at Mount Kagu on the confines of Izumo and Hoki. *In the language of ancient Japan ne meant "mountain," and Ne-no-Kuni signified simply "Land of Mountains."

F. (Frank) Brinkley - A History of the Japanese People : From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era