Japanese legends, Davis retelling
High Plain of Heaven
After Ame-waka’s death, his body rises to the High Plain of Heaven. The account places a mortuary house and mourning birds there. Further divine envoys travel between Heaven and the Central Land of Reed-Plains, returning with a favourable report.
Also known as Heaven of Ame-waka
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In the sources
Account in the source
TraditionalAfter Ame-waka’s death, his body rises to the High Plain of Heaven. The account places a mortuary house and mourning birds there.
Further detail
TraditionalFurther divine envoys travel between Heaven and the Central Land of Reed-Plains, returning with a favourable report.
Context & interpretation
This is the heavenly setting named in Davis’s retelling, not an astronomical location or an independently observed plane. The ascent, mourning and journeys are traditional events. The classification under celestial spheres organises the account without asserting a physical structure of the universe.
Original passages
Source 1
Myths and Legends of Japan
the body of Ame-waka floated up into the High Plain of HeavenOpen this page in the book
Passage & edition details
Location recorded at citation review: Davis, Myths & Legends of Japan, active reader leaf 34
Checked against the active prepared edition; reader leaf and original-page mapping verified, spacing normalised.
- Edition
- IMJ-0052-E001
- Reader page
- IMJ-0052-E001-P0034
- Original scan leaf
- 41
- Recorded leaf number
- 41
- Current Reader position
- 33
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Source 2
Myths and Legends of Japan
They returned to Heaven with a favourable reportOpen this page in the book
Passage & edition details
Location recorded at citation review: Davis, Myths & Legends of Japan, active reader leaf 35
Checked against the active prepared edition; reader leaf and original-page mapping verified, spacing normalised.
- Edition
- IMJ-0052-E001
- Reader page
- IMJ-0052-E001-P0035
- Original scan leaf
- 42
- Recorded leaf number
- 42
- Current Reader position
- 34
- Reader verification
- Source-preserving update confirmed