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It was [[Empress Genmei|Empress Genmei's]] intention that all regions in 8th century Japan record their respective history, mythology, geography, etc...when she issued her sinophilic edict in [[713]] A.D.
It was [[Empress Genmei|Empress Genmei's]] intention that all regions in 8th century Japan record their respective history, mythology, geography, etc...when she issued her sinophilic edict in [[713]] A.D.
==Subsequent History==
A two hundred year lull seperated the ''fudoki's'' inception and the order by the [[Dajokan|Dajôkan's]] 太政官 in 925 for a recollection of all the ''fudoki''. Mark Funke mentions that they were most likely to be used to add the ''Engi Shiki'', which was written in 927. In the Heian Period, they fell out of national interest to more popular and aesthetic literature.
In 1297, Funke notes that "abridged versions began to appear."
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