Kojiki

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Japanese chronicle historical text mythological text primary source on Shinto mythology

Kojiki is Japan’s oldest extant chronicle, compiling Shinto myths, legends, and early historical traditions about the origins of the Japanese islands and deities.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Ama-no-Iwato myth 1
Nihon Shoki 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Japanese chronicle ⓘ
historical text ⓘ
mythological text ⓘ
primary source on Shinto mythology ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Record of Ancient Matters ⓘ
surface form: Records of Ancient Matters
basedOnOralTraditionsCollectedBy Hieda no Are ⓘ
centralTheme divine origin of the Japanese imperial house ⓘ
compiledInPeriod Nara period ⓘ
compiler Ō no Yasumaro ⓘ
contains Shinto myths ⓘ
genealogies of emperors ⓘ
legends ⓘ
origin stories of Japanese islands ⓘ
origin stories of kami ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Japan ⓘ
dateOfCompletion 712 ⓘ
describesDeity Amaterasu ⓘ
Izanagi ⓘ
Izanami ⓘ
Susanoo ⓘ
Tsukuyomi ⓘ
describesEvent creation of the Japanese archipelago ⓘ
Ninigi-no-Mikoto ⓘ
surface form: descent of Ninigi-no-Mikoto

founding of the imperial line by Emperor Jimmu ⓘ
earliestExtantChronicleOf Japan ⓘ
genre mytho-historical chronicle ⓘ
hasCulturalSignificanceFor Japanese culture ⓘ
hasModernTranslationsIn English ⓘ
multiple languages ⓘ
hasPart Kamitsumaki ⓘ
Kamitsumaki ⓘ
surface form: Nakatsumaki

Shimotsumaki ⓘ
hasReligiousSignificanceFor Shinto practitioners ⓘ
influenced Nihon Shoki ⓘ
isDistinctFrom Nihon Shoki ⓘ
language Classical Japanese ⓘ
numberOfVolumes 3 ⓘ
originalTitleLanguage Japanese ⓘ
patron Empress Genmei ⓘ
preservedAt Imperial court of Japan (historically) ⓘ
purpose legitimation of imperial authority ⓘ
religiousContext Shinto ⓘ
script Chinese characters ⓘ
studiedInField Japanese history ⓘ
Japanese literature ⓘ
folklore studies ⓘ
religious studies ⓘ
titleMeaning Record of Ancient Matters ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Susanoo → appearsInText → Kojiki ⓘ
Tsukuyomi → appearsInText → Kojiki ⓘ
Kigensetsu → basedOn → Kojiki ⓘ
Nara period → chronicle → Kojiki ⓘ
Amaterasu → describedIn → Kojiki ⓘ
Emperor Jimmu → describedIn → Kojiki ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nihon Shoki
Yamato polity → knownFrom → Kojiki ⓘ
Amaterasu → notableMyth → Kojiki ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ama-no-Iwato myth