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- The Kojiki ('Record of Ancient Things') is the oldest book of Japanese history and the oldest text of any kind from Japan. Compiled in 712 CE by the court scholar Ono Yasumaro, the work begins with the gods and the creation of the world, progresses to the genealogy of the early emperors and ends with the reign of Empress Suiko in 628 CE.
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Five male kami (Amaterasu's sons) and three female kami (Susanoo's daughters) come into existence when the two gods each chewed and spat out an object carried by the other (Amaterasu Susanoo's sword, Susanoo Amaterasu's magatama beads) during the rite of oath-taking.
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During the Nara period (710-794 CE) of ancient Japan, the imperial court was eager to establish its historical connection with the gods, especially the sun goddess Amaterasu, and the founding fathers of the Japanese nation present in Shinto mythology. There was also a concern that oral traditions and unofficial records were constantly being altered...
TheKojiki was written in Chinese characters but with some Japanese adaptions in terms of sentence structure. There are some elements such as certain gods and names which show influence from China and Korea, but the work is, as a whole, an entirely Japanese construction. Not only a work of prose, the Kojiki, like many later Japanese works, regularly...
Original preface by Ono Yasumaro: Izanami and Izanagicreate the first island of Japan: Susanookills the dragon monster and finds the sword which will eventually become part of the Japanese regalia: Poem from Princess Nunakawa to Okuninusho: The deathof Jimmu (660-585 BCE), Japan's first emperor: The unusual physical features of Emperor Hanzei (r. 4...
The Kojiki shortly had a sequel of sorts in the Nihon Shoki ('Chronicle of Japan' and also known as the Nihongi), which was written by a committee of court scholars in 720 CE. It was designed to address some of the discrepancies in the earlier work and to reassert the genealogies of some of the clans neglected in the Kojiki. The Nihon Shoki also re...
- Mark Cartwright
Jul 29, 2024 · The Kojiki, or "Records of Ancient Matters," holds the prestigious title of being Japan's oldest surviving chronicle. Compiled in 712 AD, this amazing text offers a window into the myths, legends, and early history of Japan.
- Robbie Mitchell
Kojiki, (Japanese: “Records of Ancient Matters”), together with the Nihon shoki (q.v.), the first written record in Japan, part of which is considered a sacred text of the Shintō religion. The Kojiki text was compiled from oral tradition in 712.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
The Kojiki is one of the two primary sources for Shinto, the Japanese national religion. It starts in the realm of myth, with the creation of Japan from foam. Innumerable gods and goddesses are described.
The Kojiki is widely known as the first written record in Japan and one of the central sacred texts in the Shinto religion (see also ‘Who Is The Founder Of Shinto? – Shintoism 101‘). The Kojiki translates to ‘Records of Ancient Matters’ and it was written down in 712 after a long period of being passed down through oral tradition.
Jun 27, 2020 · From the Nanbokuchō Period (南北朝時代, 1336-1392), the era of the conflict between the Northern and the Southern court, the Kojiki was considered a historical document, along with Nihon shoki and the Sendai kujihongi (先代旧事本紀), a work based on ancient history compiled in the Heian Period.
