Kami (Shinto deity)
Ishikoridome no Mikoto
石凝姥命
Ishikoridome is the kami who made the mirror as a ritual implement for opening Ama no Iwato. In the Kojiki, Ishikoridome is introduced as the ancestral kami of the Kagamitsukuri no Muraji.
This page introduces the myths told in the classics and the faith handed down in various places, with their sources. It does not guarantee that any particular wish will be fulfilled.
English pages are the site’s own translations of its Japanese pages. The sources cited are in Japanese. 日本語で読む
What kind of kami
Ishikoridome is the kami who made the mirror as a ritual implement for opening Ama no Iwato. In the Kojiki, Ishikoridome is introduced as the ancestral kami of the Kagamitsukuri no Muraji.
Source: 國學院大學
What the myths hand down
At the descent of the heavenly grandson, Ishikoridome accompanies Ninigi no Mikoto together with Ame no Koyane no Mikoto, Futotama no Mikoto, Ame no Uzume no Mikoto and Tamanooya no Mikoto. It is a story that hands down the beginnings of the skills that support rites and of the people who carry them.
Source: 國學院大學
Links between the sources and faith
In contrast to Ishikoridome no Mikoto (伊斯許理度売命) in the Kojiki, the Nihon Shoki has forms such as Ishikoridome (石凝姥). Because the lineage of ancestral kami connected with mirror making differs among sources, we do not fix it to a single tradition.
Source: 國學院大學
An example of a chant (in Japanese)
祓え給い、清め給え、神（かむ）ながら守り給い、幸（さきわ）え給え
Related kami and buddhas
Sources (in Japanese)
- 國學院大學「古事記ビューアー・神名データベース「伊斯許理度売命」」（2026-10-15 確認）
- 國學院大學「古事記ビューアー・神名データベース「伊斯許理度売命」」（2026-10-15 確認）