堅かた州す国くに

noun

underworld; netherworld

Archaic mythological term for the land of the dead or the realm beneath the earth, appearing in classical Japanese texts such as the Kojiki. Often encountered in the compound 根の堅州国 (ねのかたすくに).

See also: 根の堅州国

• 古こ事じ記きには、根ねの堅かた州す国くにが黄泉よみの国くにとして描えがかれている。

  In the Kojiki, Ne-no-Katasukuni is depicted as the land of the dead.