Shoku Nihongi

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Shoku Nihongi is an official Japanese historical text compiled in the early Heian period that continues the national chronicle after the Nihon Shoki, documenting political and court affairs of the Nara period.

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Shoku Nihongi canonical 2
Shoku Nihon Kōki 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Japanese historical text
Rikkokushi
national chronicle
chroniclesPeriod Nara period
compiledByInstitution Imperial court of Japan (historically)
surface form: imperial court of Japan
compiledUnderEmperor Emperor Kanmu
compiler Akishino no Yasuhito
Sugano no Mamichi
others (court scholars)
Ōmi no Mifune
countryOfOrigin Japan
coversYearsFrom 697
coversYearsTo 791
dateOfCompletion 797
eraOfCompilation Heian period
surface form: early Heian period
follows Nihon Shoki
genre court chronicle
hasOriginalTitleInJapanese 続日本紀
historicalValue primary source for Nara period history
influencedBy Chinese dynastic histories
language Classical Chinese
literaryForm annalistic history
numberOfVolumes 40
partOf Rikkokushi
precedes Nihon Kōki
preservedAt various Japanese libraries and archives
primaryFocus Yamato dynasty
surface form: Yamato imperial court
relatedWork Nihon Kōki
Rikkokushi
surface form: Nihon Montoku Tennō Jitsuroku

Rikkokushi
surface form: Nihon Sandai Jitsuroku

Nihon Shoki
Shoku Nihongi self-linksurface differs
surface form: Shoku Nihon Kōki
script kanbun
subject appointments and ranks
court affairs
diplomatic relations
imperial edicts
natural disasters and omens
political history of Japan
rituals and ceremonies
titleMeaning Rikkokushi
surface form: Continued Chronicles of Japan
usedBy historians of classical Japan
usesCalendarSystem Japanese era names

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Nara period chronicle Shoku Nihongi
Nihon Shoki relatedWork Shoku Nihongi
Shoku Nihongi relatedWork Shoku Nihongi self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Shoku Nihon Kōki