Ohirumemuchi no Kami is an alternate name found in classical texts for Amaterasu, the great sun deity of Japanese mythology, whose name suggests a figure of great radiance who possesses or embodies the sun. As Amaterasu, this deity holds a central place in the Shinto pantheon as an ancestral kami of the imperial line and is honored chiefly at Ise Grand Shrine. Associations with arts and entertainment stem largely from the mythic episode in which other deities used music, dance, and mirth to lure this sun deity out of a cave, restoring light to the world.