Meanings
alternative Ohoyamatsumi
- JapaneseShintoA brother of Amaterasu, Tsukuyomi, Susanoo and Kagutsuchi, and an important kami in charge of the mountains and the sea. Sometimes also viewed as in charge of sake brewing and war.
[…], and ritually they create the world and beget Amaterasu, Susanoo, and Ōyamatsumi.
2009, Herman Ooms, Imperial Politics and Symbolics in Ancient Japan, University of Hawaiʻi Press, page 412 more examples
[…], this mountain was a cult site for the kami Ōmiwa Myōjin and Ōyamatsumi, and a shrine temple dedicated to these deities already existed there.
2003, Mark Teeuwen, Fabio Rambelli, Buddhas and Kami in Japan, RoutledgeCurzon, page 24When Saichō (767-822) established Enryakuji on Mount Hiei as his Tendai center he adopted the already enshrined kami of the cultic site, Ōmiwa Myōjin and Ōyamatsumi, as tutelary deities of the monastic center.
2008, Susan Zitterbart, Kumano Mandara: Portraits, Power, and Lineage in Medieval Japan, page 29Synonyms: Ōyamatsumi-no-Mikoto
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounA brother of Amaterasu, Tsukuyomi, Susanoo and Kagutsuchi, and an important kami in charge of the mountains and the sea. Sometimes also viewed as in charge of sake brewing and war.
Origin
- Japanese大山祇
- EnglishŌyamatsumi
Borrowed from Japanese 大山祇 (Ōyamatsumi, literally “great mountain god”).
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Chinese Mandarin 大山津見 /大山津见
- 大山津見 /大山津见 (Dàshānjīnjiàn)Japanese sea and mountain god
Japanese 大山祇, 大山津見
- 大山祇Japanese sea and mountain god
- 大山津見Japanese sea and mountain god
- 大山積 (Ōyamatsumi)Japanese sea and mountain god
- 大山積命 (Ōyamatsumi no Mikoto)Japanese sea and mountain god
- 大山積神 (Ōyamatsumi no Kami)Japanese sea and mountain god
Korean 오야마쓰미, 오야마쓰미노 카미
- 오야마쓰미 (Oyamasseumi)Japanese sea and mountain god
- 오야마쓰미노 카미 (Oyamasseumino kami)Japanese sea and mountain god
Polish Ōyamatsumi
- ŌyamatsumiJapanese sea and mountain god
Rhymes & wordplay
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Ōyamatsumi. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/%C5%8Cyamatsumi
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