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''Tokugawa jikki'' ("True Record of Tokugawa"), also known simply as ''Ojikki'' ("The Record"), is an extensive compilation of records of the [[Tokugawa shogunate]]. It covers events from the founding of the shogunate in [[1603]] up through [[1786]].

''Tokugawa jikki'' ("True Record of Tokugawa"), also known simply as ''Ojikki'' ("The Record"), is an extensive compilation of records of the [[Tokugawa shogunate]]. It covers events from the founding of the shogunate in [[1603]] up through [[1786]].

Compilation was begun in [[1801]], and completed by [[1849]],<ref>Akamine Mamoru, Lina Terrell (trans.), Robert Huey (ed.), ''The Ryukyu Kingdom: Cornerstone of East Asia'', University of Hawaii Press (2017), 72.</ref> at which time the ''jikki'' was formally presented to Shogun [[Tokugawa Ieyoshi]].

Compilation was commissioned by the [[Tokugawa clan|Tokugawa house]] in [[1801]], and was completed by [[1849]],<ref>Akamine Mamoru, Lina Terrell (trans.), Robert Huey (ed.), ''The Ryukyu Kingdom: Cornerstone of East Asia'', University of Hawaii Press (2017), 72.</ref> at which time the ''jikki'' was formally presented to Shogun [[Tokugawa Ieyoshi]].

 

Unlike many other notable official histories, such as the ''[[Dai Nihon Shi]]'' and ''[[Honcho tsugan|Honchô tsûgan]]'', the ''Tokugawa jikki'' focuses on the narrative of the Tokugawa house as its chief focus, rather than the imperial line, and is organized into chapters by shogunal reign, rather than imperial reign. Further, where the ''Honchô tsûgan'' emphasizes the bestowal of imperial court ranks upon members of the Tokugawa clan, the ''Tokugawa jikki'' places primary emphasis on the bestowal of the title of [[shogun]]. Still, the [[emperor]] is clearly represented as the superior figure, from whom Tokugawa authority and legitimacy derives, and members of the imperial court are named with the suffix ''-kô'' meaning "lord," just as members of the Tokugawa house are.

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==References==

==References==

*Luke Roberts, ''Performing the Great Peace'', University of Hawaii Press (2012), 175-.  

*Luke Roberts, ''Performing the Great Peace'', University of Hawaii Press (2012), 175, 179-181.  

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