Early Japanese people – and some modern Japanese as well – believed the emperor was
a. sent to rule by the god Izanagi.
b. more human than divine.
c. charged by the gods with protecting the people from harmful forces.
d. a direct descendent of the goddess Amaterasu.
e. the human embodiment of god on earth.
d
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