The Nihon Shoki (日本書紀), sometimes translated as The Chronicles of Japan, is the second-oldest book of classical Japanese history. The book is also called...
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Izanagi (section In the Nihon Shoki)
as Izanagi-no-Kami (伊邪那岐神) and Izanagi-no-Mikoto (伊邪那岐命), while the Nihon Shoki (720 AD) refers to him as Izanagi-no-Mikoto, with the name written in...
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Jinmu-tennō) was the legendary first emperor of Japan according to the Nihon Shoki and Kojiki. His ascension is traditionally dated as 660 BC. In Japanese...
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Japanese mythological cycle recorded in the Kojiki (c. 712 CE) and the Nihon Shoki (720 CE). One of the gazetteer reports (Fudoki) commissioned by the imperial...
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"Book II", Nihon Shoki, translated by Aston, William George, Pub. for the Society by K. Paul, Trench, Trübner, 1896 "Book III", Nihon Shoki, translated...
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portrayed in Japan's earliest literary texts, the Kojiki (c. 712 CE) and the Nihon Shoki (720 CE), as the ruler (or one of the rulers) of the heavenly realm Takamagahara...
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Urashima Tarō (section Nihon Shoki)
literature dating to the 8th century, such as the Fudoki for Tango Province, Nihon Shoki, and the Man'yōshū. During the Muromachi to Edo periods, versions of...
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Himetataraisuzu-hime (媛蹈鞴五十鈴媛) is a Japanese goddess, a mythological figure in the Nihon Shoki (Chronicles of Japan), the first empress of Japan, and the first wife...
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beings Nakajima Ki-44 Shōki, a single-engine fighter aircraft used by the Imperial Japanese Army Air Force in World War II Nihon Shoki, sometimes translated...
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Yamato no Kuni no Miyatsuko (section Nihon Shoki)
Sengoku Daimyo. April 2022. Retrieved 2023-05-04. See the references under Nihon Shoki for an extended bibliography Aston, William George (1896). Nihongi: Chronicles...
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tradition regarding kami worship was recorded in the 8th-century Kojiki and Nihon Shoki. In ensuing centuries, shinbutsu-shūgō was adopted by Japan's Imperial...
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Futsunushi (section Nihon Shoki)
Izanagi and Izanami's begetting of various gods (kamiumi) cited in the Nihon Shoki states that when Izanagi killed the newborn fire god Kagutsuchi (whose...
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literary work in Japan. The myths contained in the Kojiki as well as the Nihon Shoki (日本書紀) are part of the inspiration behind many practices and unified...
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Japanese language (redirect from Nihon go)
秦韓六國諸軍事、安東大將軍、倭國王。至齊建元中,及梁武帝時,并來朝貢。 Nihon shoki Chapter 30:持統五年 九月己巳朔壬申。賜音博士大唐続守言。薩弘恪。書博士百済末士善信、銀人二十両。 Nihon shoki Chapter 30:持統六年 十二月辛酉朔甲戌。賜音博士続守言。薩弘恪水田人四町...
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first reliable historical mention of the sword is in the Nihon Shoki. Although the Nihon Shoki also contains mythological stories that are not considered...
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Mikeiri no Mikoto (section Nihon Shoki)
He was the older brother of Jimmu. While playing a minor role in the Nihon Shoki, he has a prominent local tradition at Takachiho Shrine of which he is...
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two books are the Kojiki and the Nihon Shoki. collectively called the Kiki (記紀) Kojiki One of the Kiki. Nihon Shoki One of the Kiki, first of the Rikkokushi...
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Japanese myths, as they are recognized today, are the Kojiki and the Nihon Shoki. The Kojiki, or "Record of Ancient Matters," is the oldest surviving...
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In both the Nihon Shoki and the Kojiki, she was a granddaughter of Emperor Kaika and gave birth to one son who, according to the Nihon Shoki could not speak...
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Names of Japan (redirect from Nippon and Nihon)
Kōkū (Japan Airlines) Nihon-shoki (an old history book, never Nippon shoki) Nihonshu (日本酒; meaning 'Japanese wine') Zen Nihon Kendō Renmei (全日本剣道連盟,...
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Kokki in 620 CE. The earliest extant work is the Kojiki of 712. The Nihon Shoki followed by 720. These two works formed the base of a history of the...
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Baekje language (section Nihon Shoki)
in this passage and some Baekje words cited in the Japanese history Nihon Shoki (720), many scholars, beginning with Kōno Rokurō and later Kim Bang-han...
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gift from the king of Baekje to a Yamato ruler. It is mentioned in the Nihon Shoki in the fifty-second year of the reign of the semi-mythical Empress Jingū...
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the southern Korean Peninsula influenced each other. According to the Nihon Shoki, Buddhism and the Chinese writing system were introduced near the end...
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deity (kami) in Japanese mythology, portrayed in the Kojiki and the Nihon Shoki as the first or one of the first deities who manifested when heaven and...
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both as Izanami-no-Kami (伊弉冉神) and Izanami-no-Mikoto (伊邪那美命), while the Nihon Shoki (720 AD) refers to her as Izanami-no-Mikoto, with the name written in...
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dates of the early emperors are almost entirely based on the 8th-century Nihon Shoki, which was meant to retroactively legitimise the Imperial House by dating...
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Kokutai (redirect from Nihon shugi)
kokutai using the idea that the Japanese national myths in the Kojiki and Nihon Shoki were historical facts, believing that the Emperor was directly descended...
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becoming modern Japanese tsuki) and yomi (読み, "reading, counting"). The Nihon Shoki mentions this name spelled as Tsukuyumi (月弓, "moon bow"), but this yumi...
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