The most amazing part of the tradition's creation story is that it is so engrained in the people of Japan that to the current day the imperial line has not changed and the people trace their imperial family directly to the kami. ... She was a woman who talked to the kami and was shamed by rumors about her sexual relationship with a man, rather than brings shame to her family and their name she killed herself. ... But regardless of its back burner treatment of women at times the tradition does help the women of Japan succeed in binding themselves to their husbands' family and village...

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