Rikkokushi

E507958

Japanese national history collection of historical works

Rikkokushi is the collective name for Japan’s six earliest official national histories, compiled between the 8th and 9th centuries to chronicle the country’s mythic origins, imperial lineage, and early state affairs.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Continued Chronicles of Japan	1
Nihon Montoku Tennō Jitsuroku	1
Nihon Sandai Jitsuroku	1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Japanese national history ⓘ collection of historical works ⓘ
classification	Ritsuryō state histories ⓘ
commissionedBy	Japanese emperors ⓘ
compiledBy	court scholars ⓘ
compiledByAuthorityOf	Imperial court of Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ
compiledInCentury	8th century ⓘ 9th century ⓘ
compiledUnderSystem	ritsuryō system ⓘ
country	Japan ⓘ
coversPeriod	Nara period NERFINISHED ⓘ early Heian period ⓘ mythological age of Japan ⓘ
earliestOfficialHistoriesOf	Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre	official history ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Six National Histories of Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalSignificance	foundation of classical Japanese historiography ⓘ
inAcademicField	Japanese historiography ⓘ
includesWork	Nihon Kōki NERFINISHED ⓘ Nihon Montoku Tennō Jitsuroku NERFINISHED ⓘ Nihon Sandai Jitsuroku NERFINISHED ⓘ Nihon Shoki NERFINISHED ⓘ Shoku Nihon Kōki NERFINISHED ⓘ Shoku Nihongi NERFINISHED ⓘ
influencedBy	Chinese dynastic histories ⓘ
language	Classical Chinese ⓘ
numberOfWorks	6 ⓘ
purpose	chronicle Japan’s mythic origins ⓘ record early state affairs ⓘ record imperial lineage ⓘ
regionCovered	Japanese archipelago NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedTo	Kojiki NERFINISHED ⓘ Nihon Sandai Jitsuroku NERFINISHED ⓘ Shoku Nihon Kōki NERFINISHED ⓘ
religiousContext	Shinto mythology ⓘ
script	kanbun ⓘ
subjectMatter	court ceremonies ⓘ diplomatic relations ⓘ imperial genealogy ⓘ legal and administrative matters ⓘ political events ⓘ
timeSpanOfCompilation	early 8th century to late 9th century ⓘ
usedFor	court scholarship ⓘ legitimization of imperial rule ⓘ state ideology ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

Nihon Shoki → partOfSeries → Rikkokushi ⓘ

Shoku Nihongi → partOf → Rikkokushi ⓘ

Shoku Nihongi → titleMeaning → Rikkokushi ⓘ

this entity surface form: Continued Chronicles of Japan

Shoku Nihongi → relatedWork → Rikkokushi ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nihon Montoku Tennō Jitsuroku

Shoku Nihongi → relatedWork → Rikkokushi ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nihon Sandai Jitsuroku