Ō no Yasumaro

E152370

Ō no Yasumaro was an early 8th-century Japanese noble and scholar best known for compiling the Kojiki, one of Japan’s oldest extant chronicles of myths, legends, and early history.

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Ō no Yasumaro canonical 6

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Predicate Object
instanceOf 8th-century Japanese person ⓘ
Japanese noble ⓘ
court official ⓘ
historian ⓘ
scholar ⓘ
activeInCentury 8th century ⓘ
associatedWithWork Kojiki ⓘ
citizenship Japan ⓘ
compiled Kojiki ⓘ
contributedTo formation of early Japanese historical tradition ⓘ
preservation of Shinto mythology ⓘ
country Japan ⓘ
culture Yamato Japan ⓘ
linked to: Yamato
era Nara period ⓘ
fieldOfWork historiography ⓘ
literature ⓘ
mythology ⓘ
philology ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
genre chronicle ⓘ
historical narrative ⓘ
mythological narrative ⓘ
influenced later Japanese historical compilations ⓘ
study of Japanese mythology ⓘ
knownFor compiling one of Japan’s oldest extant chronicles ⓘ
systematizing Japanese myths and legends in written form ⓘ
language Classical Japanese ⓘ
nativeName 太安万侶 ⓘ
notableWork Kojiki ⓘ
occupation compiler of chronicles ⓘ
court scribe ⓘ
government official ⓘ
positionInSociety member of the Ō clan ⓘ
receivedImperialOrderFrom Empress Genmei ⓘ
religion Shinto (cultural context) ⓘ
linked to: Shinto
roleInKojiki editor ⓘ
redactor ⓘ
scribe ⓘ
servedUnder Empress Genmei ⓘ
socialStatus aristocracy ⓘ
subjectOf scholarly research on early Japanese historiography ⓘ
timePeriod early 8th century ⓘ
usedWritingSystem Man’yōgana ⓘ
linked to: Man'yōgana
workedAt imperial court of Japan ⓘ
wroteInScript Chinese characters ⓘ

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Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kojiki → compiler → Ō no Yasumaro ⓘ
Nihon Shoki → editor → Ō no Yasumaro ⓘ
Record of Ancient Matters → compiledBy → Ō no Yasumaro ⓘ
Hieda no Are → associatedWith → Ō no Yasumaro ⓘ
Kamitsumaki → partOfWorkBy → Ō no Yasumaro ⓘ
Kojiki → compiledBy → Ō no Yasumaro ⓘ
subject linked to: Hieda