Hotsuma Tsutae
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The Hotsuma Tsutae (also Hotuma Tsutaye or Hotuma Tsutahe, Japanese:秀真伝) is an elaborate epic of Japanese mythical history whose description is substantially different from the mainstream version as recorded in the Kojiki and the Nihon Shoki or Nihongi.
The Hotsuma Tsutae is known for its beautiful text and perfect rhythm. It contends that Amaterasu, the sun deity of Shinto, was male, and not female, as is commonly believed.
Although many proponents allege that the origin of the Hotsuma precedes the mainstream mythology, the book was first published (dedicated to a shrine) by Waniko Yasutoshi (also known as Yunoshin Ibo) in 1775.
Many scholars think this epic to be written in Edo period. It is because of the insistence that this epic is being written by the alphabet of the origin of Japan(Jindai moji) - for academic circles, the character is denied to be in Japan before the use of the Chinese character. The opinion that it is a false document is a general opinion. However, the conclusion has not gone out.
