Ame-no-Uzume (天鈿女命)
The dancer of the heavenly rock cave myth, revered as the deity of the performing arts.
Ame-no-Uzume is the deity who dances before the heavenly rock cave in the myth, drawing the assembled deities into laughter loud enough to bring Amaterasu out of hiding and return light to the world. That dance is why she is revered as a deity of performance, and why people in the entertainment trades have turned to her. Karasumori Shrine in Shimbashi, which enshrines her, notes that it is one of the few shrines to do so, and names improvement in the arts among the things it is held to be good for.
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