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is a Japanese word meaning a ''kami'' (or "deity") who is a human being. It first appears in the ''Kojiki'' (c. 680), but is assumed to have been used before this book. The best-known usage of this word would be in the United States before the end of the Second World War in 1945; Christian missionaries such as D. C. Holtom used the word to claim that the Emperor was viewed as a god in Japan. It was not used in any Japanese government publication. In 1946, at the request of the GHQ, the Shōwa Emperor (Hirohito) proclaimed in the ''Ningen-sengen'' that he had never been an , divinity in human form, and claimed his relation to the people did not rely on such a mythological idea but on a historically developed family-like reliance. Some Western academics, such as John W. Dower and Herbert Bix, consider however that the ''Ningen-sengen'' can be interpreted as the Shōwa Emperor, while renouncing his claim to be an , not actually denying his divine descent from Amaterasu Ōmikami. Some Japanese equate the divine being of the Emperor to Buddhist beliefs about the Dalai Lama and historical figures. ==See also== * Avatar * Divine Right of Kings * Mandate of Heaven * Imperial cult * Incarnation (Christianity) * Kamichu! 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「arahitogami」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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