Shoku Nihongi

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Shoku Nihongi is an official Japanese historical text compiled in the early Heian period that continues the national chronicle after the Nihon Shoki, documenting political and court affairs of the Nara period.

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Shoku Nihongi canonical 2
Shoku Nihon Kōki 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Japanese historical text
Rikkokushi
national chronicle
chroniclesPeriod Nara period
compiledByInstitution imperial court of Japan
compiledUnderEmperor Emperor Kanmu
compiler Akishino no Yasuhito
Sugano no Mamichi
others (court scholars)
Ōmi no Mifune
countryOfOrigin Japan
coversYearsFrom 697
coversYearsTo 791
dateOfCompletion 797
eraOfCompilation early Heian period
linked to: Heian period
follows Nihon Shoki
genre court chronicle
hasOriginalTitleInJapanese 続日本紀
historicalValue primary source for Nara period history
influencedBy Chinese dynastic histories
language Classical Chinese
literaryForm annalistic history
numberOfVolumes 40
partOf Rikkokushi
precedes Nihon Kōki
preservedAt various Japanese libraries and archives
primaryFocus Yamato imperial court
linked to: Yamato dynasty
relatedWork Nihon Kōki
Nihon Montoku Tennō Jitsuroku
linked to: Rikkokushi

Nihon Sandai Jitsuroku
linked to: Rikkokushi

Nihon Shoki
Shoku Nihon Kōki
linked to: Shoku Nihongi
script kanbun
subject appointments and ranks
court affairs
diplomatic relations
imperial edicts
natural disasters and omens
political history of Japan
rituals and ceremonies
titleMeaning Continued Chronicles of Japan
linked to: Rikkokushi
usedBy historians of classical Japan
usesCalendarSystem Japanese era names

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Nara period chronicle Shoku Nihongi
Nihon Shoki relatedWork Shoku Nihongi
Shoku Nihongi relatedWork Shoku Nihon Kōki
linked to: Shoku Nihongi