Izanagi sealed the entrance to Yomi with Chibiki-no-Iwa after fleeing from Izanami's decayed form. Across this boulder, the estranged couple exchanged their final vows of death and birth in the Kojiki.
Chibiki-no-Iwa is the massive boulder Izanagi placed at Yomotsu Hirasaka to seal the entrance to Yomi, permanently separating the living world from the land of the dead (Kojiki).
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