Shoku nihongi続日本記alternative words: Shokunihongi, Shoku nihonki, Shokunihonki keywords: book related topics: Nara period , Nihonshoki explanation: One of the 6 official Japanese history books (Rikkokushi). Completed in 797 by Sugano no Mamichi as chief editor, it covers the period following Nihon shoki (697-791 AD). Composed with 40 volumes, it is considered the most fundamental document of Nara period history. | |