French version
Kojiki古事記keywords: book related topics: Nihonshoki , Emperor Jimmu , Prince Yamatotakeru , Prince Shotoku , Motoori Norinaga related web sites: http://kuzan.f-edu.fukui-u.ac.jp/kojiki.htm , http://www.linkclub.or.jp/~pip/ututu/ , http://www.net-ibaraki.ne.jp/kintaro/rotomain.htm explanation: The oldest Japanese history book. Written by Oono Yasumaro from the speech of an imperial storyteller, Hiedano Are and finished in 712, it should have remained as an internal document but discovered later by chance. Embracing the mythological era until the reign of Empress Suiko and prince Shotoku, its style seems more primitive than its contemporary book, Nihonshoki. Kojiki-den published in 1798 by Motoori Norinaga has been a starting point of the modern Kojiki study. | |