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Book/Printed Material Chronicle of Japan, Volumes 1 and 2.

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Title

  • Chronicle of Japan, Volumes 1 and 2.

Summary

  • Nihon shoki (Chronicle of Japan) is the first official Japanese history book, edited by Imperial Prince Toneri and others and completed in the fourth year of the Yōrō era (720). The 30 volumes cover the period from the mythological age to the time of the Empress Jitō (end of the seventh century). The first and second volumes, which deal with the mythological age, have been highly regarded in Japan since ancient times. The oldest existing manuscript of Nihon shoki dates from the Heian period (794-1185). The first published edition appeared in the fourth year of the Keichō era (1599), when the Emperor Goyōzei (1571-1617) ordered the printing of the first and second volumes, Jindai-no-maki (literally, volumes of the mythological age), in the old movable type. This book has a slip of paper that bears the work's title and another slip of paper indicates that it was handwritten by the Emperor Goyōzei.

Names

  • Toneri, Prince, son of Tenmu, Emperor of Japan, 676-735 Editor.

Created / Published

  • [place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 1599.

Headings

  • -  Japan
  • -  660 B.C. to 720
  • -  Kings and rulers
  • -  Mythology, Japanese

Notes

  • -  Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
  • -  Original resource extent: 1 book ; 29.9 x 21 centimeters.
  • -  Original resource at: National Diet Library.
  • -  Content in Japanese.
  • -  Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions.

Medium

  • 1 online resource.

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021666419

Online Format

  • compressed data
  • pdf
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Toneri, Prince, Son Of Tenmu, Emperor Of Japan, 676-735 Editor. Chronicle of Japan, Volumes 1 and 2. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, 1599] Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2021666419/.

APA citation style:

Toneri, P. (1599) Chronicle of Japan, Volumes 1 and 2. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2021666419/.

MLA citation style:

Toneri, Prince, Son Of Tenmu, Emperor Of Japan, 676-735 Editor. Chronicle of Japan, Volumes 1 and 2. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, 1599] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2021666419/>.