After being sealed in Yomi by Izanagi's boulder, Izanami became Yomotsu-Ōkami, the Great Deity of Yomi, ruling over the land of the dead as described in the Kojiki.
When Izanagi fled Yomi after witnessing Izanami's decay, she sent the Yomotsu-shikome to pursue him up the dark slope. He escaped through Yomotsu Hirasaka and sealed the passage with the great boulder Chibiki-no-Iwa.
Yomi, the land of the dead, lies beneath Ashihara no Nakatsukuni in Japanese cosmology, connected to the earthly realm through Yomotsu Hirasaka (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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