Kojiki

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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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Kojiki canonical 49
Ama-no-Iwato myth 1
Nihon Shoki 1

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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

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kuni no miyatsuko local rulers documentedIn Kojiki
subject surface form: kuni no miyatsuko