Fudoki

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Fudoki is a set of early 8th-century Japanese provincial gazetteers that record local geography, culture, myths, and oral traditions in Old Japanese.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf 8th-century work
Japanese provincial gazetteer
historical document
commissionedBy Japanese imperial court NERFINISHED
compiledBy provincial officials
compiledInEra Nara period NERFINISHED
contains agricultural information
climate descriptions
local legends
place-name etymologies
products and resources of each province
countryOfOrigin Japan
covers provinces of ancient Japan
describes local culture
local geography
myths
oral traditions
documentType administrative document
literary work
field Japanese folklore studies
Japanese historical geography
Japanese historiography
genre ethnographic record
gazetteer
geographical literature
hasForm provincial reports
historicalSignificance earliest systematic record of Japanese provincial traditions
includes Shinto shrine traditions
local deities (kami)
ritual practices
intendedAudience imperial government
languageFamily Japonic languages
originalLanguage Old Japanese
purpose record provincial information for the central government
relatedTo Kojiki NERFINISHED
Nihon Shoki NERFINISHED
script classical Chinese with Old Japanese elements
survivingExample Bungo Fudoki (fragmentary) NERFINISHED
Harima Fudoki (fragmentary) NERFINISHED
Hitachi Fudoki (fragmentary) NERFINISHED
Hizen Fudoki (fragmentary) NERFINISHED
Izumo Fudoki NERFINISHED
timePeriod early 8th century
usedAsSourceBy scholars of Old Japanese language
scholars of Shinto mythology
scholars of regional history of Japan
writingSystem Chinese characters

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