Her name is Amaterasu. In Japanese mythology, she is known as the goddess of the sun and the universe. In one of her emanations from her, she is also the dragon goddess, which is implied by the red kimono hanging on the background. When Amaterasu becomes furious, legends tell that she descends to the earth in the form of a gold dragon…

Occupying the highest position among the deities of the Shinto religion, Amaterasu governs our spirits. She illuminates the sky with her beauty and makes the brush dance on the canvas, finally, leading you to the stage when the object and the subject of the painting become one whole; when the knower and the known are no more distinguished, as the scholar of Zen, DT Suzuki, was describing the process of painting.