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Excluding the ''[[Fudoki]]'' of previous centuries, the ''Nihon Shoki'' is coupled with the ''[[Kojiki]]'' as the first two domestic, Japanese histories. Officially finished in [[720]] A.D., the ''Nihon Shoki'' had been in progress for almost fifty years.
Excluding the contemporary ''[[Fudoki]]'', the ''Nihon Shoki'' is coupled with the ''[[Kojiki]]'' as the first two domestic, Japanese histories. Officially finished in [[720]] A.D., the ''Nihon Shoki'' had been in progress for almost fifty years.
==Issues of Accuracy==
The ''Nihon Shoki'' is infamous for its fabrications in order to glorify the Imperial line. However, beyond its nationalistic issues, factual and dating issues must also be addressed.
===Dating===
The ''Nihon Shoki'' dates have long been called into question. W.G. Aston, the translator, notes that in many places the dates need to be moved up as much as 120 years.
Such an example deals with continental relations:
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Wu 呉, called by the Japanese Go or Kure, was a Chinese dynasty, the last sovreign of which was deposed A.D. 280, long before the despatch of [''[[Achi no Omi]] and his son, Tsuga no Omi'']. We learn, however, from a note to the ''Shukai'' edition that this appellation was aplied (perhaps popularly) to all the six dynasties established at Nanking or the neighbourhood from Wu to Chen inclusive, ie. from A.D. 229-589.
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It can be seen, then, that a simple reference to a mission sent to Wu China could possibly refer to a later dynasty and period.
Terminology aside, dates presented in the Nihon Shoki must be taken with a grain of salt.
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