The Shoku Nihongi (続日本紀) is an imperially-commissioned Japanese history text. Completed in 797, it is the second of the Six National Histories, coming...

Shoku Nihongi notes that "先是一品舍人親王奉勅修日本紀。至是功成奏上。紀卅卷系圖一卷" in the part of May 720. It means "Up to that time, Prince Toneri had been compiling Nihongi on...

mentioned in the Shoku Nihongi's section on 769. Hyūga Hayato (日向隼人) A Hayato tribe who lived in Hyūga Province. The Shoku Nihongi records that in 710...

His stay has been noted in the official history records called the Shoku Nihongi, where he is referred to as Bodai-Senna. Bodhisena was born in Madurai...

before its introduction from Confucian China.[citation needed] The Shoku Nihongi (797 AD) is an early history of Japan compiled in 797. A section of...

Maiden Habaek (Korean: 하백여랑; Hanja: 河伯女郞) by Goguryeo and China. The Shoku Nihongi records that the ancestor of the royal family of Baekje is daughter...

flag reflect this central importance of the sun. The ancient history Shoku Nihongi says that Emperor Monmu used a flag representing the sun in his court...

Tōsandō region of central Honshu. According to the old history book Shoku Nihongi, it was established on June 26 of 721 and abolished on March 3 of 731...

in the Nihongi may also account for its rising popularity among samurai, since Ōjin was apotheosized as a god in Hachiman shrines. In the Nihongi account...

born prior to Shirakabe's ascension to the throne. According to the Shoku Nihongi (続日本紀), Yamabe's mother, Yamato no Niigasa (later called Takano no Niigasa)...

jurisdiction of the government office called Miki no Tsukasa. In the Shoku Nihongi, written in 797, there is a record of King Ashihara who got drunk and...

during the Jōmon period. Buckwheat cultivation was first recorded in the Shoku Nihongi, in an imperial edict of 722 CE issued by Empress Genshō, instructing...

Japan; also called Nihongi) – 30 volumes covering the mythological period through 697. Completed by Toneri Shinnō in 720. Shoku Nihongi (Chronicle of Japan...

Shinto and Buddhism. The first mention of this kami is found in the Shoku Nihongi as it contains the information that offerings were sent 794 CE to Hachiman...

possession by the onryō spirit affecting health is found in the chronicle Shoku Nihongi (797), which states that "Fujiwara Hirotsugu (藤原広嗣)'s soul harmed Genbō...

[Niigasa] was of the line of King Muryong of Baekje." According to the Shoku Nihongi, Niigasa was a descendant of Prince Junda, son of Muryeong. It was the...

are intermixed with legends and folklore. According to the chronicle Shoku Nihongi (797 AD), En no Ozunu was banished to the island of Izu Ōshima on June...

kanji itself already could be seen in Shōsōin Monjo (8th century) and Shoku Nihongi (797) in Japan, and furthermore trace back in China, as early as 3rd...

literature Kojiki (c. 711 CE) Nihon Shoki (720 CE) Fudoki (713–723 CE) Shoku Nihongi (797 CE) Kogo Shūi (807 CE) Kujiki (807–936 CE) Engishiki (927 CE) Shinto...

as Emperor Jimmu, the first emperor of Japan. Ōmononushi (大物主神) in the Nihongi, Ōmononushi was considered an alternate name for Ōkuninushi. But, it appears...

the Kofun period according to the Nihon Shoki (720), Kojiki (711) and Shoku Nihongi (797). According to ancient Japanese records, Nihon Shoki and Kojiki...

style of writing, used in imperial edicts (宣命 senmyō) preserved in the Shoku Nihongi and other texts dating from the 8th century (Nara period), is known...

of the Traditional Japanese Performing Arts. Morrisville: Lulu Press. Nihongi: Chronicles of Japan from the Earliest Times to A.D. 697, translated from...

an early form of Japanese silver currency which is recorded in the Shoku Nihongi of the Nara period. Historical documents confirm that this coinage was...

decorations were used in Japan in the early 8th century. The history book Shoku Nihongi (797) states, "On January 1, in the 4th year of Tenpyō, Emperor Shōmu...

literature Kojiki (c. 711 CE) Nihon Shoki (720 CE) Fudoki (713–723 CE) Shoku Nihongi (797 CE) Kogo Shūi (807 CE) Kujiki (807–936 CE) Engishiki (927 CE) Shinto...

(sound) dōbutsu no ke (animals, either real or imaginary) 772 CE: in the Shoku Nihongi, there is the statement "Shinto purification is performed because yōkai...

literature Kojiki (c. 711 CE) Nihon Shoki (720 CE) Fudoki (713–723 CE) Shoku Nihongi (797 CE) Kogo Shūi (807 CE) Kujiki (807–936 CE) Engishiki (927 CE) Shinto...

literature Kojiki (c. 711 CE) Nihon Shoki (720 CE) Fudoki (713–723 CE) Shoku Nihongi (797 CE) Kogo Shūi (807 CE) Kujiki (807–936 CE) Engishiki (927 CE) Shinto...

general and shōgun of the early Heian period of Japan. According to the Shoku Nihongi, an official historical record, the Sakanoue clan is descended from...