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href="https://as.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%A8_%E0%A6%B6%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AC%27%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BF" title="নিহন শ্ব'কি – Assamese" lang="as" hreflang="as" data-title="নিহন শ্ব'কি" data-language-autonym="অসমীয়া" data-language-local-name="Assamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>অসমীয়া</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nihon_%C5%9Eoki" title="Nihon Şoki – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Nihon Şoki" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ji%CC%8Dt-p%C3%BAn_Su-k%C3%AC" title="Ji̍t-pún Su-kì – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Ji̍t-pún Su-kì" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bcl mw-list-item"><a href="https://bcl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nihon_Shoki" title="Nihon Shoki – Central Bikol" lang="bcl" hreflang="bcl" data-title="Nihon Shoki" data-language-autonym="Bikol Central" data-language-local-name="Central Bikol" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bikol Central</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%B8%D1%85%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%88%D0%BE%D0%BA%D0%B8" title="Нихоншоки – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Нихоншоки" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nihon_Shoki" title="Nihon Shoki – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Nihon Shoki" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nihon%C5%A1oki" title="Nihonšoki – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Nihonšoki" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nihonshoki" title="Nihonshoki – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Nihonshoki" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9D%CE%B9%CF%87%CF%8C%CE%BD_%CE%A3%CF%8C%CE%BA%CE%B9" title="Νιχόν Σόκι – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Νιχόν Σόκι" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nihonshoki" title="Nihonshoki – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Nihonshoki" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nihon_%C5%9Coki" title="Nihon Ŝoki – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Nihon Ŝoki" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nihon_Shoki" title="Nihon Shoki – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Nihon Shoki" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%DB%8C%D9%87%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%B4%D9%88%DA%A9%DB%8C" title="نیهون شوکی – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="نیهون شوکی" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nihon_shoki" title="Nihon shoki – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Nihon shoki" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nihon_Shoki" title="Nihon Shoki – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Nihon Shoki" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%9D%BC%EB%B3%B8%EC%84%9C%EA%B8%B0" title="일본서기 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="일본서기" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B9%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%A8_%E0%A4%B6%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%80" title="निहोन शोकी – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="निहोन शोकी" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nihon_Shoki" title="Nihon Shoki – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Nihon Shoki" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nihon_Shoki" title="Nihon Shoki – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Nihon Shoki" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nihon_shoki" title="Nihon shoki – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Nihon shoki" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A0%D7%99%D7%94%D7%95%D7%9F_%D7%A9%D7%95%D7%A7%D7%99" title="ניהון שוקי – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="ניהון שוקי" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-jv mw-list-item"><a href="https://jv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nihon_Shoki" title="Nihon Shoki – Javanese" lang="jv" hreflang="jv" data-title="Nihon Shoki" data-language-autonym="Jawa" data-language-local-name="Javanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Jawa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nihon_Shoki" title="Nihon Shoki – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Nihon Shoki" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nihonsoki" title="Nihonsoki – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Nihonsoki" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nihon_Shoki" title="Nihon Shoki – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Nihon Shoki" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-my mw-list-item"><a href="https://my.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%80%94%E1%80%AD%E1%80%9F%E1%80%BD%E1%80%94%E1%80%BA%E1%80%B8%E1%80%9B%E1%80%BE%E1%80%B1%E1%80%AC%E1%80%81%E1%80%AD" title="နိဟွန်းရှောခိ – Burmese" lang="my" hreflang="my" data-title="နိဟွန်းရှောခိ" data-language-autonym="မြန်မာဘာသာ" data-language-local-name="Burmese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>မြန်မာဘာသာ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nihonshoki" title="Nihonshoki – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Nihonshoki" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%97%A5%E6%9C%AC%E6%9B%B8%E7%B4%80" title="日本書紀 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="日本書紀" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nihonshoki" title="Nihonshoki – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Nihonshoki" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nihon_shoki" title="Nihon shoki – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="Nihon shoki" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Occitan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nihon_shoki" title="Nihon shoki – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Nihon shoki" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nihon-shoki" title="Nihon-shoki – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Nihon-shoki" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nihon_Shoki" title="Nihon Shoki – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Nihon Shoki" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%B8%D1%85%D0%BE%D0%BD_%D1%81%D1%91%D0%BA%D0%B8" title="Нихон сёки – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Нихон сёки" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sco mw-list-item"><a href="https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nihon_Shoki" title="Nihon Shoki – Scots" lang="sco" hreflang="sco" data-title="Nihon Shoki" data-language-autonym="Scots" data-language-local-name="Scots" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Scots</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nihon_Shoki" title="Nihon Shoki – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" 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href="/wiki/Polytheism" title="Polytheism">Polytheism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_sacred_objects_in_Japanese_mythology" title="List of sacred objects in Japanese mythology">Sacred objects</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shinto_sects_and_schools" title="Shinto sects and schools">Sects and schools</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content hlist"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background:#b0000f;;background:#FFCCCB;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Japanese_deities#Major_kami" title="List of Japanese deities">Major kami</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Amaterasu" title="Amaterasu">Amaterasu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ame-no-Uzume" title="Ame-no-Uzume">Ame-no-Uzume</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inari_%C5%8Ckami" title="Inari Ōkami">Inari</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Izanagi" title="Izanagi">Izanagi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Izanami" title="Izanami">Izanami</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Susanoo-no-Mikoto" title="Susanoo-no-Mikoto">Susanoo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tsukuyomi-no-Mikoto" title="Tsukuyomi-no-Mikoto">Tsukuyomi</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content hlist"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background:#b0000f;;background:#FFCCCB;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Shinto_texts" title="Shinto texts">Important literature</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><div style="display:inline-block; padding:0.2em 0.4em; line-height:1.2em;"><i><a href="/wiki/Kojiki" title="Kojiki">Kojiki</a></i> (<span title="circa">c.</span><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 711 CE</span>)</div></li> <li><div style="display:inline-block; padding:0.2em 0.4em; line-height:1.2em;"><i><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Nihon Shoki</a></i> (720 CE)</div></li> <li><div style="display:inline-block; padding:0.2em 0.4em; line-height:1.2em;"><i><a href="/wiki/Fudoki" title="Fudoki">Fudoki</a></i> (713–723 CE)</div></li> <li><div style="display:inline-block; padding:0.2em 0.4em; line-height:1.2em;"><i><a href="/wiki/Shoku_Nihongi" title="Shoku Nihongi">Shoku Nihongi</a></i> (797 CE)</div></li> <li><div style="display:inline-block; padding:0.2em 0.4em; line-height:1.2em;"><i><a href="/wiki/Kogo_Sh%C5%ABi" title="Kogo Shūi">Kogo Shūi</a></i> (807 CE)</div></li> <li><div style="display:inline-block; padding:0.2em 0.4em; line-height:1.2em;"><i><a href="/wiki/Kujiki" title="Kujiki">Kujiki</a></i> (807–936 CE)</div></li> <li><div style="display:inline-block; padding:0.2em 0.4em; line-height:1.2em;"><i><a href="/wiki/Engishiki" title="Engishiki">Engishiki</a></i> (927 CE)</div></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content hlist"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" 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mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Edo_neo-Confucianism" title="Edo neo-Confucianism">Edo neo-Confucianism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glossary_of_Shinto" title="Glossary of Shinto">Glossary of Shinto</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Shinto" title="History of Shinto">History</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kokugaku" title="Kokugaku">Kokugaku</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ko-Shint%C5%8D" title="Ko-Shintō">Ko-Shintō</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_legendary_creatures_from_Japan" title="List of legendary creatures from Japan">Mythical creatures</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nippon_Kaigi" title="Nippon Kaigi">Nippon Kaigi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Religion_in_Japan" title="Religion in Japan">Religion in Japan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Secular_Shrine_Theory" title="Secular Shrine Theory">Secular Shrine Theory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/State_Shinto" title="State Shinto">State Shinto</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shinbutsu-sh%C5%ABg%C5%8D" title="Shinbutsu-shūgō">Syncretism of Shinto and Buddhism</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-below hlist"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:P_religion_world.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="icon" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/P_religion_world.svg/16px-P_religion_world.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/P_religion_world.svg/24px-P_religion_world.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/P_religion_world.svg/32px-P_religion_world.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="400" data-file-height="360" /></a></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Portal:Religion" title="Portal:Religion">Religion portal</a></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-navbar"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239400231">.mw-parser-output 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abbr{color:var(--color-base)!important}}@media print{.mw-parser-output .navbar{display:none!important}}</style><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Shinto" title="Template:Shinto"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Shinto" title="Template talk:Shinto"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Shinto" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Shinto"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <i><b>Nihon Shoki</b></i><span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">日本書紀</span></span>)</span>, sometimes translated as <i><b>The Chronicles of Japan</b></i>, is the second-oldest book of classical <a href="/wiki/History_of_Japan" title="History of Japan">Japanese history</a>. The book is also called the <i><b>Nihongi</b></i><span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">日本紀</span></span>, "Japanese Chronicles")</span>. It is more elaborate and detailed than the <span title="Japanese-language text"><i lang="ja-Latn"><a href="/wiki/Kojiki" title="Kojiki">Kojiki</a></i></span>, the oldest, and has proven to be an important tool for historians and <a href="/wiki/Archaeologists" class="mw-redirect" title="Archaeologists">archaeologists</a> as it includes the most complete extant historical record of <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Japan" class="mw-redirect" title="Ancient Japan">ancient Japan</a>. The <span title="Japanese-language text"><i lang="ja-Latn">Nihon Shoki</i></span> was finished in <a href="/wiki/720_in_poetry" class="mw-redirect" title="720 in poetry">720</a> under the editorial supervision of <a href="/wiki/Prince_Toneri" title="Prince Toneri">Prince Toneri</a> with the assistance of <a href="/wiki/%C5%8C_no_Yasumaro" title="Ō no Yasumaro">Ō no Yasumaro</a> and presented to <a href="/wiki/Empress_Gensh%C5%8D" title="Empress Genshō">Empress Genshō</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The book is also a reflection of Chinese influence on Japanese civilization.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In Japan, the Sinicized court wanted written history that could be compared with the annals of the Chinese.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <span title="Japanese-language text"><i lang="ja-Latn">Nihon Shoki</i></span> begins with the <a href="/wiki/Japanese_creation_myth" title="Japanese creation myth">Japanese creation myth</a>, explaining the origin of the world and the first seven generations of divine beings (starting with <a href="/wiki/Kuninotokotachi" class="mw-redirect" title="Kuninotokotachi">Kuninotokotachi</a>), and goes on with a number of myths as does the <span title="Japanese-language text"><i lang="ja-Latn"><a href="/wiki/Kojiki" title="Kojiki">Kojiki</a></i></span>, but continues its account through to events of the 8th century. It is believed to record accurately the latter reigns of <a href="/wiki/Emperor_Tenji" title="Emperor Tenji">Emperor Tenji</a>, <a href="/wiki/Emperor_Tenmu" title="Emperor Tenmu">Emperor Tenmu</a> and <a href="/wiki/Empress_Jit%C5%8D" title="Empress Jitō">Empress Jitō</a>. The <span title="Japanese-language text"><i lang="ja-Latn">Nihon Shoki</i></span> focuses on the merits of the virtuous <a href="/wiki/Emperor_of_Japan" title="Emperor of Japan">rulers</a> as well as the errors of the bad rulers. It describes episodes from <a href="/wiki/Japanese_mythology" title="Japanese mythology">mythological</a> eras and <a href="/wiki/Diplomacy" title="Diplomacy">diplomatic</a> contacts with other countries. The <span title="Japanese-language text"><i lang="ja-Latn">Nihon Shoki</i></span> was written in <a href="/wiki/Classical_Chinese" title="Classical Chinese">classical Chinese</a>, as was common for official documents at that time. The <span title="Japanese-language text"><i lang="ja-Latn">Kojiki</i></span>, on the other hand, is written in a combination of Chinese and phonetic transcription of Japanese (primarily for names and songs). The <span title="Japanese-language text"><i lang="ja-Latn">Nihon Shoki</i></span> also contains numerous <a href="/wiki/Transliteration" title="Transliteration">transliteration</a> notes telling the reader how words were pronounced in Japanese. Collectively, the stories in this book and the <span title="Japanese-language text"><i lang="ja-Latn">Kojiki</i></span> are referred to as the Kiki stories.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The first translation was completed by William George Aston in 1896 (English).<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Chapters">Chapters</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nihon_Shoki&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Chapters"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Nihon_Shoki_15_April_683.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Nihon_Shoki_15_April_683.jpg/170px-Nihon_Shoki_15_April_683.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="264" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Nihon_Shoki_15_April_683.jpg/255px-Nihon_Shoki_15_April_683.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Nihon_Shoki_15_April_683.jpg/340px-Nihon_Shoki_15_April_683.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1408" data-file-height="2184" /></a><figcaption>The Nihon Shoki entry of 15 April 683 CE (<a href="/wiki/Emperor_Temmu" class="mw-redirect" title="Emperor Temmu">Tenmu</a> 12th year), when an edict was issued mandating the use of copper coins rather than silver coins, an early mention of <a href="/wiki/Japanese_currency" title="Japanese currency">Japanese currency</a>. Excerpt of the 11th century edition.</figcaption></figure> <ul><li><b>Chapter 01</b>: (First chapter of myths) <i>Kami no Yo no Kami no maki.</i></li> <li><b>Chapter 02</b>: (Second chapter of myths) <i>Kami no Yo no Shimo no maki.</i></li> <li><b>Chapter 03</b>: (<a href="/wiki/Emperor_Jimmu" title="Emperor Jimmu">Emperor Jimmu</a>) <i>Kan'yamato Iwarebiko no Sumeramikoto.</i></li> <li><b>Chapter 04</b>: <ul><li>(<a href="/wiki/Emperor_Suizei" title="Emperor Suizei">Emperor Suizei</a>) <i>Kamu Nunakawamimi no Sumeramikoto.</i></li> <li>(<a href="/wiki/Emperor_Annei" title="Emperor Annei">Emperor Annei</a>) <i>Shikitsuhiko Tamatemi no Sumeramikoto.</i></li> <li>(<a href="/wiki/Emperor_Itoku" title="Emperor Itoku">Emperor Itoku</a>) <i>Ōyamato Hikosukitomo no Sumeramikoto.</i></li> <li>(<a href="/wiki/Emperor_K%C5%8Dsh%C5%8D" title="Emperor Kōshō">Emperor Kōshō</a>) <i>Mimatsuhiko Sukitomo no Sumeramikoto.</i></li> <li>(<a href="/wiki/Emperor_K%C5%8Dan" title="Emperor Kōan">Emperor Kōan</a>) <i>Yamato Tarashihiko Kuni Oshihito no Sumeramikoto.</i></li> <li>(<a href="/wiki/Emperor_K%C5%8Drei" title="Emperor Kōrei">Emperor Kōrei</a>) <i>Ōyamato Nekohiko Futoni no Sumeramikoto.</i></li> <li>(<a href="/wiki/Emperor_K%C5%8Dgen" title="Emperor Kōgen">Emperor Kōgen</a>) <i>Ōyamato Nekohiko Kunikuru no Sumeramikoto.</i></li> <li>(<a href="/wiki/Emperor_Kaika" title="Emperor Kaika">Emperor Kaika</a>) <i>Wakayamato Nekohiko Ōbibi no Sumeramikoto.</i></li></ul></li> <li><b>Chapter 05</b>: (<a href="/wiki/Emperor_Sujin" title="Emperor Sujin">Emperor Sujin</a>) <i>Mimaki Iribiko Iniye no Sumeramikoto.</i></li> <li><b>Chapter 06</b>: (<a href="/wiki/Emperor_Suinin" title="Emperor Suinin">Emperor Suinin</a>) <i>Ikume Iribiko Isachi no Sumeramikoto.</i></li> <li><b>Chapter 07</b>: <ul><li>(<a href="/wiki/Emperor_Keik%C5%8D" title="Emperor Keikō">Emperor Keikō</a>) <i>Ōtarashihiko Oshirowake no Sumeramikoto.</i></li> <li>(<a href="/wiki/Emperor_Seimu" title="Emperor Seimu">Emperor Seimu</a>) <i>Waka Tarashihiko no Sumeramikoto.</i></li></ul></li> <li><b>Chapter 08</b>: (<a href="/wiki/Emperor_Ch%C5%ABai" title="Emperor Chūai">Emperor Chūai</a>) <i>Tarashi Nakatsuhiko no Sumeramikoto.</i></li> <li><b>Chapter 09</b>: (<a href="/wiki/Empress_Jing%C5%AB" title="Empress Jingū">Empress Jingū</a>) <i>Okinaga Tarashihime no Mikoto.</i></li> <li><b>Chapter 10</b>: (<a href="/wiki/Emperor_%C5%8Cjin" title="Emperor Ōjin">Emperor Ōjin</a>) <i>Homuda no Sumeramikoto.</i></li> <li><b>Chapter 11</b>: (<a href="/wiki/Emperor_Nintoku" title="Emperor Nintoku">Emperor Nintoku</a>) <i>Ōsasagi no Sumeramikoto.</i></li> <li><b>Chapter 12</b>: <ul><li>(<a href="/wiki/Emperor_Rich%C5%AB" title="Emperor Richū">Emperor Richū</a>) <i>Izahowake no Sumeramikoto.</i></li> <li>(<a href="/wiki/Emperor_Hanzei" title="Emperor Hanzei">Emperor Hanzei</a>) <i>Mitsuhawake no Sumeramikoto.</i></li></ul></li> <li><b>Chapter 13</b>: <ul><li>(<a href="/wiki/Emperor_Ingy%C5%8D" title="Emperor Ingyō">Emperor Ingyō</a>) <i>Oasazuma Wakugo no Sukune no Sumeramikoto.</i></li> <li>(<a href="/wiki/Emperor_Ank%C5%8D" title="Emperor Ankō">Emperor Ankō</a>) <i>Anaho no Sumeramikoto.</i></li></ul></li> <li><b>Chapter 14</b>: (<a href="/wiki/Emperor_Y%C5%ABryaku" title="Emperor Yūryaku">Emperor Yūryaku</a>) <i>Ōhatsuse no Waka Takeru no Sumeramikoto.</i></li> <li><b>Chapter 15</b>: <ul><li>(<a href="/wiki/Emperor_Seinei" title="Emperor Seinei">Emperor Seinei</a>) <i>Shiraka no Take Hirokuni Oshi Waka Yamato Neko no Sumeramikoto.</i></li> <li>(<a href="/wiki/Emperor_Kenz%C5%8D" title="Emperor Kenzō">Emperor Kenzō</a>) <i>Woke no Sumeramikoto.</i></li> <li>(<a href="/wiki/Emperor_Ninken" title="Emperor Ninken">Emperor Ninken</a>) <i>Oke no Sumeramikoto.</i></li></ul></li> <li><b>Chapter 16</b>: (<a href="/wiki/Emperor_Buretsu" title="Emperor Buretsu">Emperor Buretsu</a>) <i>Ohatsuse no Waka Sasagi no Sumeramikoto.</i></li> <li><b>Chapter 17</b>: (<a href="/wiki/Emperor_Keitai" title="Emperor Keitai">Emperor Keitai</a>) <i>Ōdo no Sumeramikoto.</i></li> <li><b>Chapter 18</b>: <ul><li>(<a href="/wiki/Emperor_Ankan" title="Emperor Ankan">Emperor Ankan</a>) <i>Hirokuni Oshi Take Kanahi no Sumeramikoto.</i></li> <li>(<a href="/wiki/Emperor_Senka" title="Emperor Senka">Emperor Senka</a>) <i>Take Ohirokuni Oshi Tate no Sumeramikoto.</i></li></ul></li> <li><b>Chapter 19</b>: (<a href="/wiki/Emperor_Kinmei" title="Emperor Kinmei">Emperor Kinmei</a>) <i>Amekuni Oshiharaki Hironiwa no Sumeramikoto.</i></li> <li><b>Chapter 20</b>: (<a href="/wiki/Emperor_Bidatsu" title="Emperor Bidatsu">Emperor Bidatsu</a>) <i>Nunakakura no Futo Tamashiki no Sumeramikoto.</i></li> <li><b>Chapter 21</b>: <ul><li>(<a href="/wiki/Emperor_Y%C5%8Dmei" title="Emperor Yōmei">Emperor Yōmei</a>) <i>Tachibana no Toyohi no Sumeramikoto.</i></li> <li>(<a href="/wiki/Emperor_Sushun" title="Emperor Sushun">Emperor Sushun</a>) <i>Hatsusebe no Sumeramikoto.</i></li></ul></li> <li><b>Chapter 22</b>: (<a href="/wiki/Empress_Suiko" title="Empress Suiko">Empress Suiko</a>) <i>Toyomike Kashikiya Hime no Sumeramikoto.</i></li> <li><b>Chapter 23</b>: (<a href="/wiki/Emperor_Jomei" title="Emperor Jomei">Emperor Jomei</a>) <i>Okinaga Tarashi Hihironuka no Sumeramikoto.</i></li> <li><b>Chapter 24</b>: (<a href="/wiki/Empress_K%C5%8Dgyoku" title="Empress Kōgyoku">Empress Kōgyoku</a>) <i>Ame Toyotakara Ikashi Hitarashi no Hime no Sumeramikoto.</i></li> <li><b>Chapter 25</b>: (<a href="/wiki/Emperor_K%C5%8Dtoku" title="Emperor Kōtoku">Emperor Kōtoku</a>) <i>Ame Yorozu Toyohi no Sumeramikoto.</i></li> <li><b>Chapter 26</b>: (<a href="/wiki/Empress_Saimei" class="mw-redirect" title="Empress Saimei">Empress Saimei</a>) <i>Ame Toyotakara Ikashi Hitarashi no Hime no Sumeramikoto.</i></li> <li><b>Chapter 27</b>: (<a href="/wiki/Emperor_Tenji" title="Emperor Tenji">Emperor Tenji</a>) <i>Ame Mikoto Hirakasuwake no Sumeramikoto.</i></li> <li><b>Chapter 28</b>: (<a href="/wiki/Emperor_Tenmu" title="Emperor Tenmu">Emperor Tenmu</a>, first chapter) <i>Ama no Nunakahara Oki no Mahito no Sumeramikoto, Kami no maki.</i></li> <li><b>Chapter 29</b>: (<a href="/wiki/Emperor_Tenmu" title="Emperor Tenmu">Emperor Tenmu</a>, second chapter) <i>Ama no Nunakahara Oki no Mahito no Sumeramikoto, Shimo no maki.</i></li> <li><b>Chapter 30</b>: (<a href="/wiki/Empress_Jit%C5%8D" title="Empress Jitō">Empress Jitō</a>) <i>Takamanohara Hirono Hime no Sumeramikoto.</i></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Process_of_compilation">Process of compilation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nihon_Shoki&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Process of compilation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Background">Background</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nihon_Shoki&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The background of the compilation of the <span title="Japanese-language text"><i lang="ja-Latn">Nihon Shoki</i></span> is that Emperor Tenmu ordered 12 people, including Prince Kawashima, to edit the old history of the empire.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><i><a href="/wiki/Shoku_Nihongi" title="Shoku Nihongi">Shoku Nihongi</a></i> notes that "<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja-Hani">先是一品舍人親王奉勅修日本紀。至是功成奏上。紀卅卷系圖一卷</span></span>" in the part of May 720. It means "Up to that time, Prince Toneri had been compiling <i>Nihongi</i> on the orders of the emperor; he completed it, submitting 30 volumes of history and one volume of genealogy".<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sources">Sources</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nihon_Shoki&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Sources"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <span title="Japanese-language text"><i lang="ja-Latn">Nihon Shoki</i></span> is a synthesis of older documents, specifically on the records that had been continuously kept in the Yamato court since the sixth century. It also includes documents and folklore submitted by clans serving the court. Prior to <span title="Japanese-language text"><i lang="ja-Latn">Nihon Shoki</i></span>, there were <i><a href="/wiki/Tenn%C5%8Dki" title="Tennōki">Tennōki</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Kokki" title="Kokki">Kokki</a></i> compiled by <a href="/wiki/Prince_Sh%C5%8Dtoku" title="Prince Shōtoku">Prince Shōtoku</a> and <a href="/wiki/Soga_no_Umako" title="Soga no Umako">Soga no Umako</a>, but as they were stored in Soga's residence, they were burned at the time of the <a href="/wiki/Isshi_Incident" class="mw-redirect" title="Isshi Incident">Isshi Incident</a>. </p><p>The work's contributors refer to various sources which do not exist today. Among those sources, three <a href="/wiki/Baekje" title="Baekje">Baekje</a> documents (<i>Kudara-ki</i>, etc.) are cited mainly for the purpose of recording diplomatic affairs.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Textual criticism shows that scholars fleeing the destruction of the Baekje to Yamato wrote these histories and the authors of the <span title="Japanese-language text"><i lang="ja-Latn">Nihon Shoki</i></span> heavily relied upon those sources.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This must be taken into account in relation to statements referring to old historic rivalries between the ancient <a href="/wiki/Korea" title="Korea">Korean</a> kingdoms of <a href="/wiki/Silla" title="Silla">Silla</a>, <a href="/wiki/Goguryeo" title="Goguryeo">Goguryeo</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Baekje" title="Baekje">Baekje</a>. </p><p>Some other sources are cited anonymously as <i>aru fumi</i> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja-Hani">一書</span></span>; "some document"), in order to keep alternative records for specific incidents. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Temporal_discrepancies">Temporal discrepancies</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nihon_Shoki&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Temporal discrepancies"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-Unreferenced plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Unreferenced" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>does not <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources">cite</a> any <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">sources</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Nihon_Shoki" title="Special:EditPage/Nihon Shoki">improve this section</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a>. 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(October 2023)">clarification needed</span></a></i>]</sup> This could be due to the writers' attempt to overwrite the history of <a href="/wiki/Himiko" title="Himiko">Himiko</a>, and fabricate a fictitious figure of Empress Jingū to replace her. </p><p>Many records in the <i>Nihon Shoki</i> show clear signs of taking records from other sources but shifting the dates. An example is the records of events during Jingū and Ōjin's reigns, where most seem to have a calendrical shift of exactly two cycles of the sexagenary cycle, or 120 years. </p> <table class="wikitable"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2">Events in Nihon Shoki </th> <th>Discrepancy </th> <th colspan="2">Events in Samguk Sagi </th></tr> <tr> <td>55th year of Jingū (255) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chogo_of_Baekje" title="Chogo of Baekje">Chogo of Baekje</a> dies (肖古王) </td> <td rowspan="6">120 </td> <td>375 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Geunchogo_of_Baekje" title="Geunchogo of Baekje">Geunchogo of Baekje</a> dies </td></tr> <tr> <td>56th year of Jingū (256) </td> <td>Prince Gwisu of Baekje succeeds (貴須) </td> <td>376 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Geungusu_of_Baekje" title="Geungusu of Baekje">Geungusu of Baekje</a> succeeds </td></tr> <tr> <td>64th year of Jingū (264) </td> <td>Gwisu dies, Chimnyu succeeds (枕流王) </td> <td>384 </td> <td>Geungusu dies, <a href="/wiki/Chimnyu_of_Baekje" title="Chimnyu of Baekje">Chimnyu</a> succeeds </td></tr> <tr> <td>65th year of Jingū (265) </td> <td>Chimnyu dies, Jinsa succeeds (辰斯王) </td> <td>385 </td> <td>Chimnyu dies, <a href="/wiki/Jinsa_of_Baekje" title="Jinsa of Baekje">Jinsa</a> succeeds </td></tr> <tr> <td>3rd year of Ōjin (272) </td> <td>Jinsa dies, Ahwa succeeds (阿花王) </td> <td>392 </td> <td>Jinsa dies, <a href="/wiki/Asin_of_Baekje" title="Asin of Baekje">Asin</a> succeeds </td></tr> <tr> <td>16th year of Ōjin (285) </td> <td>Ahwa dies, Jikji returns from Kingdom of Wa (直支) </td> <td>405 </td> <td>Asin dies, <a href="/wiki/Jeonji_of_Baekje" title="Jeonji of Baekje">Jeonji</a> succeeds </td></tr> <tr> <td>25th year of Ōjin (294) </td> <td>Jikji dies, Guisin succeeds (久尒辛王) </td> <td>126 </td> <td>420 </td> <td>Jeonji dies, <a href="/wiki/Guisin_of_Baekje" title="Guisin of Baekje">Guisin</a> succeeds </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Not all records in the <i>Nihon Shoki</i> are consistently shifted according to this pattern, making it difficult to know which dates are accurate. </p><p>For example, according to the <i>Song Shu,</i> the Wa paid tribute to <a href="/wiki/Liu_Song_dynasty" title="Liu Song dynasty">Liu Song dynasty</a> in 421, and until 502 (Liu Song ended in 479), <a href="/wiki/Five_kings_of_Wa" title="Five kings of Wa">five monarchs sought to be recognized as Kings of Wa</a>. However, the <i>Nihon Shoki</i> only shows three successive emperors in this time period; Emperor <a href="/wiki/Emperor_Ingy%C5%8D" title="Emperor Ingyō">Ingyō</a>, <a href="/wiki/Emperor_Ank%C5%8D" title="Emperor Ankō">Ankō</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Emperor_Y%C5%ABryaku" title="Emperor Yūryaku">Yūryaku</a>. </p><p><i>Nihon Shoki</i>'s records of events regarding Baekje after Emperor Yūryaku start matching with Baekje records, however. </p><p>The lifetimes of those monarchs themselves, especially for the Emperors <a href="/wiki/Empress_Jing%C5%AB" title="Empress Jingū">Jingū</a>, <a href="/wiki/Emperor_%C5%8Cjin" title="Emperor Ōjin">Ōjin</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Emperor_Nintoku" title="Emperor Nintoku">Nintoku</a>, have been exaggerated. Their lengths of reign are likely to have been extended or synthesized with others' reigns, in order to make the origins of the imperial family sufficiently ancient to satisfy numerological expectations. It is widely believed that the <a href="/wiki/Epoch_(reference_date)" class="mw-redirect" title="Epoch (reference date)">epoch</a> of 660 BCE was chosen because it is a "xīn-yǒu" year in the <a href="/wiki/Sexagenary_cycle" title="Sexagenary cycle">sexagenary cycle</a>, which according to <a href="/wiki/Taoist" class="mw-redirect" title="Taoist">Taoist</a> beliefs was an appropriate year for a revolution to take place. As Taoist theory also groups together 21 sexagenary cycles into one unit of time, it is assumed that the compilers of <span title="Japanese-language text"><i lang="ja-Latn">Nihon Shoki</i></span> assigned the year 601 (a "xīn-yǒu" year in which Prince Shotoku's reformation took place) as a "modern revolution" year, and consequently recorded 660 BCE, 1260 years prior to that year, as the founding epoch. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Skepticisms_in_history">Skepticisms in history</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nihon_Shoki&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Skepticisms in history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Most modern scholars agree that the traditional founding of the <a href="/wiki/Imperial_House_of_Japan" title="Imperial House of Japan">imperial dynasty</a> in 660 BCE is a myth and that the first nine emperors are legendary.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This does not necessarily imply that the persons referred to did not exist, merely that there is insufficient material available for further verification and study.<sup id="cite_ref-kelly_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kelly-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Dates in the <span title="Japanese-language text"><i lang="ja-Latn">Nihon Shoki</i></span> before the late 7th century were likely recorded using the <a href="/wiki/Genka_calendar" title="Genka calendar">Genka calendar</a> system brought by the Buddhist monk <a href="/wiki/Gwalleuk" title="Gwalleuk">Gwalleuk</a> of <a href="/wiki/Baekje" title="Baekje">Baekje</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Kesshi_Hachidai"><i>Kesshi Hachidai</i></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nihon_Shoki&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Kesshi Hachidai"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>For the eight emperors of Chapter 4, only the years of birth and reign, year of naming as Crown Prince, names of consorts, and locations of tomb are recorded. They are called the <i><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%AC%A0%E5%8F%B2%E5%85%AB%E4%BB%A3" class="extiw" title="jp:欠史八代">Kesshi Hachidai</a></i> ("<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja-Hani">欠史八代</span></span>, "eight generations lacking history") because no legends (or a few, as quoted in <i><a href="/wiki/Nihon_%C5%8Cdai_Ichiran" title="Nihon Ōdai Ichiran">Nihon Ōdai Ichiran</a></i><sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (February 2014)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup>) are associated with them. Some<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Avoid_weasel_words" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Avoid weasel words"><span title="The material near this tag possibly uses too vague attribution or weasel words. (February 2015)">which?</span></a></i>]</sup> studies support the view that these emperors were invented to push Jimmu's reign further back to the year 660 BCE. <span title="Japanese-language text"><i lang="ja-Latn">Nihon Shoki</i></span> itself somewhat elevates the "tenth" <a href="/wiki/Emperor_Sujin" title="Emperor Sujin">emperor Sujin</a>, recording that he was called the <i>Hatsu-Kuni-Shirasu</i> ("<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja-Hani">御肇国</span></span>: first nation-ruling) emperor.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Influences">Influences</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nihon_Shoki&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Influences"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The tale of <a href="/wiki/Urashima_Tar%C5%8D" title="Urashima Tarō">Urashima Tarō</a> is developed from the brief mention in <span title="Japanese-language text"><i lang="ja-Latn">Nihon Shoki</i></span> (<a href="/wiki/Emperor_Y%C5%ABryaku" title="Emperor Yūryaku">Emperor Yūryaku</a> Year 22) that a certain child of Urashima visited Horaisan and saw wonders. The later tale has plainly incorporated elements from the famous anecdote of "Luck of the Sea and Luck of the Mountains" (<a href="/wiki/Hoderi" title="Hoderi">Hoderi</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hoori" title="Hoori">Hoori</a>) found in <span title="Japanese-language text"><i lang="ja-Latn">Nihon Shoki</i></span>. The later developed Urashima tale contains the <a href="/wiki/Rip_Van_Winkle" title="Rip Van Winkle">Rip Van Winkle</a> motif, so some may consider it an early example of fictional <a href="/wiki/Time_travel" title="Time travel">time travel</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Editions">Editions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nihon_Shoki&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Editions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="English_translations">English translations</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nihon_Shoki&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: English translations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFAston1896" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/William_George_Aston" title="William George Aston">Aston, William George</a> (1896). <i>Nihongi: Chronicles of Japan from the Earliest Times to A.D. 697</i>. London: <a href="/wiki/Charles_Kegan_Paul" title="Charles Kegan Paul">Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co.</a> <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/9486539">9486539</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Nihongi%3A+Chronicles+of+Japan+from+the+Earliest+Times+to+A.D.+697&rft.place=London&rft.pub=Kegan+Paul%2C+Trench%2C+Tr%C3%BCbner+%26+Co.&rft.date=1896&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F9486539&rft.aulast=Aston&rft.aufirst=William+George&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ANihon+Shoki" class="Z3988"></span> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/nihongi1asto/mode/2up">vol. 1</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/nihongi2asto/mode/2up">vol. 2</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Manuscripts">Manuscripts</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nihon_Shoki&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Manuscripts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Prints">Prints</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nihon_Shoki&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Prints"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.wul.waseda.ac.jp/kotenseki/html/ri05/ri05_01940/index.html">Nihongi volume 1-30</a> Publication date unknown. Preface dated <a href="/wiki/Keich%C5%8D" title="Keichō">Keichō</a> 15 (1610). <a href="/wiki/Waseda_University_Library" title="Waseda University Library">Waseda University Library</a> collection</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.wul.waseda.ac.jp/kotenseki/html/ri05/ri05_00406/index.html">Nihon Shoki volume 1-2</a> Publication date unknown. <a href="/wiki/Waseda_University_Library" title="Waseda University Library">Waseda University Library</a> collection</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Typed_prints">Typed prints</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nihon_Shoki&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Typed prints"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREF経済雑誌社1907" class="citation book cs1 cs1-prop-script cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source">経済雑誌社 (1907). Keiza zasshisha (経済雑誌社) (ed.). <i>Nihon Shoki</i> <bdi lang="ja">日本書紀</bdi>. Kokushi taikei (國史大系) (in Japanese). Vol. 1. Tokyo, Japan: Keiza zasshisha (経済雑誌社). <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.11501%2F991091">10.11501/991091</a>. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/21967145">21967145</a>. <a href="/wiki/Ndlpid_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ndlpid (identifier)">ndldm</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://id.ndl.go.jp/digimeta/991091/eng">991091</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Nihon+Shoki+%E6%97%A5%E6%9C%AC%E6%9B%B8%E7%B4%80&rft.place=Tokyo%2C+Japan&rft.series=Kokushi+taikei+%28%E5%9C%8B%E5%8F%B2%E5%A4%A7%E7%B3%BB%29&rft.pub=Keiza+zasshisha+%28%E7%B5%8C%E6%B8%88%E9%9B%91%E8%AA%8C%E7%A4%BE%29&rft.date=1907&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F21967145&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.11501%2F991091&rft.au=%E7%B5%8C%E6%B8%88%E9%9B%91%E8%AA%8C%E7%A4%BE&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ANihon+Shoki" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREF佐伯,_有義,_1867-19451940" class="citation book cs1 cs1-prop-script cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source">佐伯, 有義, 1867-1945 (1940) [1928]. Saeki, Ariyoshi (ed.). <i>Nihon Shoki vol.1</i> <bdi lang="ja">日本書紀上巻</bdi>. Rikkokushi (六國史) (in Japanese). Vol. 1 (増補版 ed.). Tokyo, Japan: <a href="/wiki/Asahi_Shimbun_Company" class="mw-redirect" title="Asahi Shimbun Company">Asahi Shimbun Company</a>. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.11501%2F1172831">10.11501/1172831</a>. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/22150362">22150362</a>. <a href="/wiki/Ndlpid_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ndlpid (identifier)">ndldm</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://id.ndl.go.jp/digimeta/1172831/eng">1172831</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Nihon+Shoki+vol.1+%E6%97%A5%E6%9C%AC%E6%9B%B8%E7%B4%80+%E4%B8%8A%E5%B7%BB&rft.place=Tokyo%2C+Japan&rft.series=Rikkokushi+%28%E5%85%AD%E5%9C%8B%E5%8F%B2%29&rft.edition=%E5%A2%97%E8%A3%9C%E7%89%88&rft.pub=Asahi+Shimbun+Company&rft.date=1940&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F22150362&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.11501%2F1172831&rft.au=%E4%BD%90%E4%BC%AF%2C+%E6%9C%89%E7%BE%A9%2C+1867-1945&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ANihon+Shoki" class="Z3988"></span><span class="cs1-maint citation-comment"><code class="cs1-code">{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Cite_book" title="Template:Cite book">cite book</a>}}</code>: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (<a href="/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_multiple_names:_authors_list" title="Category:CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list">link</a>) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (<a href="/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_numeric_names:_authors_list" title="Category:CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list">link</a>)</span>; <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://dl.ndl.go.jp/info:ndljp/pid/1172847">vol.2</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Modern_Japanese_translations">Modern Japanese translations</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nihon_Shoki&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Modern Japanese translations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFUjiya_(宇治谷)1988" class="citation book cs1">Ujiya (宇治谷), Tsutomu (孟) (1988). <i>Nihon shoki (日本書紀)</i>. Vol. 上. Kodansha. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/4-06-158833-8" title="Special:BookSources/4-06-158833-8"><bdi>4-06-158833-8</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Nihon+shoki+%28%E6%97%A5%E6%9C%AC%E6%9B%B8%E7%B4%80%29&rft.pub=Kodansha&rft.date=1988&rft.isbn=4-06-158833-8&rft.aulast=Ujiya+%28%E5%AE%87%E6%B2%BB%E8%B0%B7%29&rft.aufirst=Tsutomu+%28%E5%AD%9F%29&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ANihon+Shoki" class="Z3988"></span>; Vol.下:<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/4-06-158834-6" title="Special:BookSources/4-06-158834-6">4-06-158834-6</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nihon_Shoki&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hiromichi_Mori" title="Hiromichi Mori">Hiromichi Mori</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Historiographical_Institute_of_the_University_of_Tokyo" title="Historiographical Institute of the University of Tokyo">Historiographical Institute of the University of Tokyo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Historiography_of_Japan" title="Historiography of Japan">Historiography of Japan</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Iki_no_Hakatoko_no_Sho" title="Iki no Hakatoko no Sho">Iki no Hakatoko no Sho</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_Research_Center_for_Japanese_Studies" title="International Research Center for Japanese Studies">International Research Center for Japanese Studies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_Historical_Text_Initiative" title="Japanese Historical Text Initiative">Japanese Historical Text Initiative</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shaku_Nihongi" title="Shaku Nihongi">Shaku Nihongi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_George_Aston" title="William George Aston">William George Aston</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nihon_Shoki&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output 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"Introduction", <i>Nihongi: Chronicles of Japan from the Earliest Times to AD 697</i> (Tra ed.), Tuttle Publishing, p. xv, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-8048-3674-6" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-8048-3674-6"><bdi>978-0-8048-3674-6</bdi></a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Introduction&rft.btitle=Nihongi%3A+Chronicles+of+Japan+from+the+Earliest+Times+to+AD+697&rft.pages=xv&rft.edition=Tra&rft.pub=Tuttle+Publishing&rft.date=2005-07&rft.isbn=978-0-8048-3674-6&rft.aulast=Aston&rft.aufirst=William+George&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ANihon+Shoki" class="Z3988"></span>, from the original Chinese and Japanese.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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Vol. I</a>, p.170.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Sakamoto, pp. 40–41.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-:0-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-:0_10-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFShillony2008" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Ben-Ami_Shillony" title="Ben-Ami Shillony">Shillony, Ben-Ami</a> (2008). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=FwztKKtQ_rAC&pg=PA15"><i>The Emperors of Modern Japan</i></a>. 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Translated by Brownlee, John S. Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-7748-0379-3" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-7748-0379-3"><bdi>978-0-7748-0379-3</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Six+National+Histories+of+Japan%3A+Rikkokushi&rft.place=Vancouver&rft.pub=University+of+British+Columbia+Press&rft.date=1991&rft.isbn=978-0-7748-0379-3&rft.aulast=Sakamoto&rft.aufirst=Tar%C5%8D&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ANihon+Shoki" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li>Brownlee, John S. (1991). <i>Political Thought in Japanese Historical Writing: From <span title="Japanese-language text"><i lang="ja-Latn">Kojiki</i></span> (712) to Tokushi Yoron (1712)</i>. Waterloo, Ontario: Wilfrid Laurier University Press. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-88920-997-9" title="Special:BookSources/0-88920-997-9">0-88920-997-9</a></li> <li>Brownlee, John S. (1997) <i>Japanese historians and the national myths, 1600–1945: The Age of the Gods and Emperor Jimmu</i>. Vancouver: <a href="/wiki/University_of_British_Columbia_Press" title="University of British Columbia Press">University of British Columbia Press</a>. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-7748-0644-3" title="Special:BookSources/0-7748-0644-3">0-7748-0644-3</a> Tokyo: <a href="/wiki/University_of_Tokyo_Press" title="University of Tokyo Press">University of Tokyo Press</a>. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/4-13-027031-1" title="Special:BookSources/4-13-027031-1">4-13-027031-1</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nihon_Shoki&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1235681985">.mw-parser-output .side-box{margin:4px 0;box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid #aaa;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em;background-color:var(--background-color-interactive-subtle,#f8f9fa);display:flow-root}.mw-parser-output .side-box-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{padding:0.25em 0.9em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-image{padding:2px 0 2px 0.9em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-imageright{padding:2px 0.9em 2px 0;text-align:center}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .side-box-flex{display:flex;align-items:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{flex:1;min-width:0}}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .side-box{width:238px}.mw-parser-output .side-box-right{clear:right;float:right;margin-left:1em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-left{margin-right:1em}}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1237033735">@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox{display:none!important}}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox img[src*="Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg"]{background-color:white}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox img[src*="Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg"]{background-color:white}}</style><div class="side-box side-box-right plainlinks sistersitebox"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style> <div class="side-box-flex"> <div class="side-box-image"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/38px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="38" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/57px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/76px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="410" data-file-height="430" /></span></span></div> <div class="side-box-text plainlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikisource" title="Wikisource">Wikisource</a> has original text related to this article: <div style="margin-left: 10px;"><b><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Nihon_Shoki" class="extiw" title="wikisource:Nihon Shoki"><i>Nihon Shoki</i></a></b></div></div></div> </div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1235681985"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1237033735"><div class="side-box side-box-right plainlinks sistersitebox"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"> <div class="side-box-flex"> <div class="side-box-image"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/30px-Commons-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/45px-Commons-logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/59px-Commons-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="1376" /></span></span></div> <div class="side-box-text plainlist">Wikimedia Commons has media related to <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Nihon_Shoki" class="extiw" title="commons:Category:Nihon Shoki">Nihon Shoki</a></span>.</div></div> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Nihongi_/_Nihon_Shoki_texts"><span id="Nihongi_.2F_Nihon_Shoki_texts"></span>Nihongi / Nihon Shoki texts</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nihon_Shoki&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Nihongi / Nihon Shoki texts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Based on Aston's translation: <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation cs1"><span class="cs1-ws-icon" title="s:Nihongi: Chronicles of Japan from the Earliest Times to A.D. 697"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Nihongi:_Chronicles_of_Japan_from_the_Earliest_Times_to_A.D._697"><i>Nihongi: Chronicles of Japan from the Earliest Times to A.D. 697</i> </a></span> – via <a href="/wiki/Wikisource" title="Wikisource">Wikisource</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Nihongi%3A+Chronicles+of+Japan+from+the+Earliest+Times+to+A.D.+697&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ANihon+Shoki" class="Z3988"></span> Searchable version of Aston's translation</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFJHTI" class="citation web cs1">JHTI. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://jhti.berkeley.edu/Nihon%20shoki.html">"Nihon Shoki"</a>. <i>Japanese Historical Text Initiative</i>. UC Berkeley<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">25 April</span> 2018</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Japanese+Historical+Text+Initiative&rft.atitle=Nihon+Shoki&rft.au=JHTI&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fjhti.berkeley.edu%2FNihon%2520shoki.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ANihon+Shoki" class="Z3988"></span>: <a href="/wiki/Kanbun" title="Kanbun">kanbun</a> text vs. English translation (Aston's 1896 edition) in blocks. Search mode and browse mode. Images are from a 1785 printed edition.</li> <li>Excerpts at sacred-texts.com: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.sacred-texts.com/shi/nihon0.htm">The Nihongi Part 1</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://sacred-texts.com/shi/nihon1.htm">Part 2</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://sacred-texts.com/shi/nihon2.htm">Part 3</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://sacred-texts.com/shi/nihon3.htm">Part 4</a></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200812063916/http://nihonshoki.wikidot.com/start">The Nihon Shoki Wiki</a> Online English translations by Matthieu Felt</li> <li><span class="languageicon">(in Japanese)</span> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1 cs1-prop-script cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.kikuchi2.com/jodai/shokiall.html"><bdi lang="ja">『日本書紀』国史大系版</bdi></a> [Nihon Shoki – Kokushi Taikei edition]. <i>菊池眞一研究室 (Shinichi Kikuchi laboratory)</i> (in Japanese). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20231211030314/http://www.kikuchi2.com/jodai/shokiall.html">Archived</a> from the original on 2023-12-11<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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