八雲立つ

From Old Japanese, first attested in the Kojiki, the oldest extant historical record of ancient Japan, completed in 712 CE.

Derived from 八 (ya, “eight → many”) + 雲 (kumo, “cloud”) + 立つ (tatsu, “to rise, stand”).

八雲立つ (hiragana やくもたつ, rōmaji ya kumo tatsu)

1. many clouds rising, an allusion to 出雲 (Izumo, a placename, especially Izumo Province)

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:八雲立つ.

Some scholars interpret the allusion to 出づる雲 (izuru kumo, “layered clouds”) instead of 出雲 (Izumo).[1]

Derived from 八 (ya, “eight → many”) + 雲 (kumo₁, “cloud”) + 立つ (tatu, “to rise, stand”).

八雲立つ (ya kumo₁ tatu) (kana やくもたつ)

1. many clouds rising, an allusion to 出雲 (Idumo₁, a placename, especially Izumo Province)

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:八雲立つ.