Nihon Shoki

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Nihon Shoki is one of Japan’s oldest and most important historical chronicles, compiling myth, legend, and early imperial history in the 8th century.

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Nihon Shoki canonical 42
Chronicles of Japan 1
日本書紀 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf 8th-century book
Japanese classic text
historical chronicle
national history
commissionedBy Empress Genmei
compiledInPeriod Nara period
compiler Prince Toneri
contains Shinto creation myths
imperial genealogies
mythology of Japan
countryOfOrigin Japan
coversPeriodEnd reign of Empress Jitō
coversPeriodStart age of the gods
culturalSignificance key text for early Japanese myth and history
one of Japan’s oldest extant chronicles
dateOfCompletion 720
describes early Yamato state
foundation myths of the Japanese imperial line
Emperor Jimmu
surface form: reign of Emperor Jimmu
editor Ō no Yasumaro
genre chronicle
mytho-historical narrative
hasForm prose
hasTitle Nihon Shoki self-linksurface differs
surface form: Chronicles of Japan

Nihon Shoki self-linksurface differs
surface form: 日本書紀
includes Chinese-style annalistic format
influenced Japanese historiography
Shinto theology
imperial ideology in Japan
language Classical Chinese
mentions Baekje
Silla
Tang dynasty
surface form: Tang China
modeledOn Chinese dynastic histories
numberOfVolumes 30
partOfSeries Rikkokushi
predecessor Kojiki
preservedAt Japan
relatedWork Kojiki
Shoku Nihongi
religiousContext Shinto
religiousInfluence legitimization of the imperial cult
subject Japanese emperors
diplomatic relations with Korea and China
political events
usedAs official court history
source for early Japanese history
writingSystem kanji

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Emperor Jimmu describedIn Nihon Shoki
Kojiki influenced Nihon Shoki
Kojiki isDistinctFrom Nihon Shoki
Amaterasu describedIn Nihon Shoki
Susanoo appearsInText Nihon Shoki
Tsukuyomi appearsInText Nihon Shoki
Kigensetsu basedOn Nihon Shoki
Nara period chronicle Nihon Shoki
Yamato polity knownFrom Nihon Shoki
Ugayafukiaezu describedIn Nihon Shoki
Nihon Shoki hasTitle Nihon Shoki self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: 日本書紀
Nihon Shoki hasTitle Nihon Shoki self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Chronicles of Japan
Himetatara Isuzuhime describedIn Nihon Shoki
Tamayori-hime appearsIn Nihon Shoki
Ninigi-no-Mikoto mythologySource Nihon Shoki
Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi appearsIn Nihon Shoki
Sanshu no Jingi mentionedIn Nihon Shoki
Old Japanese attestedInWork Nihon Shoki
Ōkuninushi appearsIn Nihon Shoki
Izanagi appearsIn Nihon Shoki
Kotoshironushi appearsIn Nihon Shoki
Record of Ancient Matters precedes Nihon Shoki
Izanami appearsIn Nihon Shoki
High Celestial Plain describedIn Nihon Shoki
Sacred Mirror mentionedIn Nihon Shoki
Yamato linkedToMythology Nihon Shoki
subject surface form: Yamato people
Takamagahara mentionedIn Nihon Shoki
Yamata no Orochi describedIn Nihon Shoki
Suga no Uta recordedIn Nihon Shoki
Kushinadahime sourceText Nihon Shoki
Uke Mochi sourceText Nihon Shoki
Emperor Ōjin associatedText Nihon Shoki
Princess Nukata mentionedIn Nihon Shoki
Empress Jingū appearsIn Nihon Shoki
Emperor Nintoku mentionedIn Nihon Shoki
Shoku Nihongi follows Nihon Shoki
Shoku Nihongi relatedWork Nihon Shoki
kuni no miyatsuko local rulers documentedIn Nihon Shoki
subject surface form: kuni no miyatsuko
Taika Reforms describedIn Nihon Shoki
Isonokami Shrine mentionedIn Nihon Shoki