"High Creator") is a god of agriculture in Japanese mythology, who was the second of the first beings to come into existence.

[1][page needed] It is speculated that Takamimusubi was originally the tutelary deity for the Japanese imperial family.

[3] According to Kojiki, when the heaven and earth were created, Ame-no-Minakanushi was the first one to appear in Takamagahara, Takamimusubi the second, and Kamimusubi the third.

Takamimusubi saw the arrow and threw it back at the earth where it hit Amewakahiko while he was lying in bed, killing him.

He is the grandfather of Ninigi-no-Mikoto, who descended on Ashihara no Nakatsukuni first as a member of the Imperial Family and was a grandson of Amaterasu, according to the Nihon Shoki.