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There is some discrepancy in the number and titles of remaining ''fudoki'', in that Piggott lists all the above except the ''Bungo fudoki'' as being extant. However, an impressive work by Michiko Y. Aoki has all the above ''fudoki'' including the Bungo text translated into English. However, it is missing the Higo text. ''The Cambridge History of Japan Volume One: Ancient Japan'' helps put some closure to this issue:

There is some discrepancy in the number and titles of remaining ''fudoki'', in that Piggott lists all the above except the ''Bungo fudoki'' as being extant. However, an impressive work by Michiko Y. Aoki has all the above ''fudoki'' including the Bungo text translated into English. However, it is missing the Higo text. ''The Cambridge History of Japan Volume One: Ancient Japan'' helps put some closure to this issue:

<blockquote>"Only the ''Izumo fudoki'' survives intact; the gazetteers of Harima, Bungo, Hitachi, and Hizen are partially preserved, and fragments of a number of others have come down thanks to being quoted in various works."</blockquote>

<blockquote>"Only the ''Izumo fudoki'' survives intact; the gazetteers of Harima, Bungo, [[Hitachi province|Hitachi]], and Hizen are partially preserved, and fragments of a number of others have come down thanks to being quoted in various works."</blockquote>

The mysterious "number of others," therefore, puts to rest this confusion over the discrepancies.

The mysterious "number of others," therefore, puts to rest this confusion over the discrepancies.

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