【Good condition due to obi/outer box and glassine paper】The True Meaning of God and Its Understanding: Compilation of the Significance of Sumiyoshi Okami's Manifestation - Masaharu Taniguchi, Seicho-No-Ie Although there is some aging, the condition is good. The Great God of Seicho-No-Ie is Sumiyoshi Okami. This Sumiyoshi Okami is also known as Shio-tsuchi-no-Kami and Shio-tsutsu-no-O-no-Kami. The Sumiyoshi Okami that appears in the Kojiki (Records of Ancient Matters) appears as Shio-tsuchi-no-Kami in the same book, and is the three deities of Kami-tsutsu-no-O-no-Kami, Naka-tsutsu-no-O-no-Kami, and Soko-tsutsu-no-O-no-Kami, who appeared as the gods of the sea who purify with water and salt, and are collectively referred to as Shio-tsutsu-no-O-no-Kami. First, Sumiyoshi Okami was born as the god of the sea as the final purification action of the cosmic purification of Izanagi-no-Okami's Misogi (purification ritual), and performed the purification work as preparation for the birth of Amaterasu Omikami from Izanagi-no-Okami's left eye, leading to the descent of Amaterasu Omikami. Also, Sumiyoshi Okami is a guiding god, and according to the Kojiki, when Hikoho-no-Ninigi-no-Mikoto, the ancestor of the Japanese Imperial Family, went out to sea borrowing his elder brother's fishing hook and lost it, he is the god of guidance, Shio-tsuchi-no-Kami, who guided him to the Ryugu (Dragon Palace) and obtained the fishing hook. Furthermore, after the death of Emperor Chuai, Sumiyoshi Okami possessed Empress Jingu and guided her on the conquest of the Three Korean Kingdoms. Sumiyoshi Okami is a god of the sea, also appearing as Shio-tsutsu-no-O-no-Kami, and guided the warships led by Empress Jingu to Silla, raising the seawater higher than high tide by the power of the Shio-manju (tide-controlling jewel) and turning it into a tsunami, flooding the capital of Silla. And when Empress Jingu's navy docked at the capital of Silla, the King of Silla said, "I have heard that there is a divine country in the east, called Japan. There is also a holy king, called the Emperor. It must be the divine soldiers of that country," and surrendered, as recorded in the Nihon Shoki (Chronicles of Japan). In this way, Sumiyoshi Okami is a god of cosmic purification, appearing in important national affairs and providing guidance, and Mr. Masaharu Taniguchi states, "Sumiyoshi Okami is the name used when the god of the origin of the universe appears and purifies the universe to make it a world of good living" (The True Meaning of God and Its Understanding). Recycled materials will be used.