Nihon Shoki

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Nihon Shoki is one of Japan’s oldest and most important historical chronicles, compiling myth, legend, and early imperial history in the 8th century.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf 8th-century book ⓘ
Japanese classic text ⓘ
historical chronicle ⓘ
national history ⓘ
commissionedBy Empress Genmei ⓘ
compiledInPeriod Nara period ⓘ
compiler Prince Toneri ⓘ
contains Shinto creation myths ⓘ
imperial genealogies ⓘ
mythology of Japan ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Japan ⓘ
coversPeriodEnd reign of Empress Jitō ⓘ
coversPeriodStart age of the gods ⓘ
culturalSignificance key text for early Japanese myth and history ⓘ
one of Japan’s oldest extant chronicles ⓘ
dateOfCompletion 720 ⓘ
describes early Yamato state ⓘ
foundation myths of the Japanese imperial line ⓘ
reign of Emperor Jimmu ⓘ
linked to: Emperor Jimmu
editor Ō no Yasumaro ⓘ
genre chronicle ⓘ
mytho-historical narrative ⓘ
hasForm prose ⓘ
hasTitle Chronicles of Japan ⓘ
linked to: Nihon Shoki

日本書紀 ⓘ
linked to: Nihon Shoki
includes Chinese-style annalistic format ⓘ
influenced Japanese historiography ⓘ
Shinto theology ⓘ
imperial ideology in Japan ⓘ
language Classical Chinese ⓘ
mentions Baekje ⓘ
Silla ⓘ
Tang China ⓘ
linked to: Tang dynasty
modeledOn Chinese dynastic histories ⓘ
numberOfVolumes 30 ⓘ
partOfSeries Rikkokushi ⓘ
predecessor Kojiki ⓘ
preservedAt Japan ⓘ
relatedWork Kojiki ⓘ
Shoku Nihongi ⓘ
religiousContext Shinto ⓘ
religiousInfluence legitimization of the imperial cult ⓘ
subject Japanese emperors ⓘ
diplomatic relations with Korea and China ⓘ
political events ⓘ
usedAs official court history ⓘ
source for early Japanese history ⓘ
writingSystem kanji ⓘ

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Emperor Jimmu → describedIn → Nihon Shoki ⓘ
Kojiki → influenced → Nihon Shoki ⓘ
Kojiki → isDistinctFrom → Nihon Shoki ⓘ
Amaterasu → describedIn → Nihon Shoki ⓘ
Susanoo → appearsInText → Nihon Shoki ⓘ
Tsukuyomi → appearsInText → Nihon Shoki ⓘ
Kigensetsu → basedOn → Nihon Shoki ⓘ
Nara period → chronicle → Nihon Shoki ⓘ
Yamato polity → knownFrom → Nihon Shoki ⓘ
Ugayafukiaezu → describedIn → Nihon Shoki ⓘ
Nihon Shoki → hasTitle → 日本書紀 ⓘ
linked to: Nihon Shoki
Nihon Shoki → hasTitle → Chronicles of Japan ⓘ
linked to: Nihon Shoki
Himetatara Isuzuhime → describedIn → Nihon Shoki ⓘ
Tamayori-hime → appearsIn → Nihon Shoki ⓘ
Ninigi-no-Mikoto → mythologySource → Nihon Shoki ⓘ
Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi → appearsIn → Nihon Shoki ⓘ
Sanshu no Jingi → mentionedIn → Nihon Shoki ⓘ
Old Japanese → attestedInWork → Nihon Shoki ⓘ
Ōkuninushi → appearsIn → Nihon Shoki ⓘ
Izanagi → appearsIn → Nihon Shoki ⓘ
Kotoshironushi → appearsIn → Nihon Shoki ⓘ
Record of Ancient Matters → precedes → Nihon Shoki ⓘ
Izanami → appearsIn → Nihon Shoki ⓘ
High Celestial Plain → describedIn → Nihon Shoki ⓘ
Sacred Mirror → mentionedIn → Nihon Shoki ⓘ
Yamato people → linkedToMythology → Nihon Shoki ⓘ
subject linked to: Yamato
Takamagahara → mentionedIn → Nihon Shoki ⓘ
Yamata no Orochi → describedIn → Nihon Shoki ⓘ
Suga no Uta → recordedIn → Nihon Shoki ⓘ
Kushinadahime → sourceText → Nihon Shoki ⓘ
Uke Mochi → sourceText → Nihon Shoki ⓘ
Emperor Ōjin → associatedText → Nihon Shoki ⓘ
Princess Nukata → mentionedIn → Nihon Shoki ⓘ
Empress Jingū → appearsIn → Nihon Shoki ⓘ
Emperor Nintoku → mentionedIn → Nihon Shoki ⓘ
Shoku Nihongi → follows → Nihon Shoki ⓘ
Shoku Nihongi → relatedWork → Nihon Shoki ⓘ
kuni no miyatsuko → documentedIn → Nihon Shoki ⓘ
subject linked to: kuni no miyatsuko local rulers
Taika Reforms → describedIn → Nihon Shoki ⓘ
Isonokami Shrine → mentionedIn → Nihon Shoki ⓘ
East Asian astronomical chronicles → notableExample → Japanese Nihon Shoki ⓘ
linked to: Nihon Shoki
Ame-no-Koyane-no-mikoto → appearsIn → Nihon Shoki ⓘ
Prince Toneri → notableWork → Nihon Shoki ⓘ
Ugayafukiaezu no Mikoto → appearsIn → Nihon Shoki ⓘ
Age of the Gods → describedIn → Nihon Shoki ⓘ