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*''Completed: [[712]]''
*''Japanese'': 古事記 ''(kojiki)''
Along with the ''[[Nihon shoki]]'' and the various regional ''[[Fudoki]]'', the ''Kojiki'' ("Records of Ancient Matters") is amongst the oldest Japanese histories, and one of the oldest Japanese documents more broadly.
Completed in [[712]] during the reign of [[Empress Gemmei]], it originated with orders by [[Emperor Temmu]] for the compilation of a history. It is organized into three volumes, with the first volume relating tales of the gods, and the second and third volumes relating the supposed history of the reigns of the legendary [[Emperor Jimmu]] (660 BCE - ?) down through the today more historically verified [[Empress Suiko]] (r. [[592]]-[[628]]).
While the ''Nihon shoki'' was written in the Chinese style and patterned after Chinese official dynastic histories, the ''Kojiki'' is seen as representing a more native or indigenous form of Japanese oral history & mythology. For this reason, it was given great prominence by ''[[kokugaku]]'' scholars of the [[Edo period]], who sought to excavate and recover a more purely Japanese culture and identity.
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==References==
*David Lu, ''Japan: A Documentary History'', 36-37.
[[Category:Nara Period]]
[[Category:Historical Documents]]
*''Japanese'': 古事記 ''(kojiki)''
Along with the ''[[Nihon shoki]]'' and the various regional ''[[Fudoki]]'', the ''Kojiki'' ("Records of Ancient Matters") is amongst the oldest Japanese histories, and one of the oldest Japanese documents more broadly.
Completed in [[712]] during the reign of [[Empress Gemmei]], it originated with orders by [[Emperor Temmu]] for the compilation of a history. It is organized into three volumes, with the first volume relating tales of the gods, and the second and third volumes relating the supposed history of the reigns of the legendary [[Emperor Jimmu]] (660 BCE - ?) down through the today more historically verified [[Empress Suiko]] (r. [[592]]-[[628]]).
While the ''Nihon shoki'' was written in the Chinese style and patterned after Chinese official dynastic histories, the ''Kojiki'' is seen as representing a more native or indigenous form of Japanese oral history & mythology. For this reason, it was given great prominence by ''[[kokugaku]]'' scholars of the [[Edo period]], who sought to excavate and recover a more purely Japanese culture and identity.
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==References==
*David Lu, ''Japan: A Documentary History'', 36-37.
[[Category:Nara Period]]
[[Category:Historical Documents]]