The Nihon Shoki (日本書紀), sometimes translated as The Chronicles of Japan, is the second-oldest book of classical Japanese history. The book is also called...

as Izanagi-no-Kami (伊邪那岐神) and Izanagi-no-Mikoto (伊邪那岐命), while the Nihon Shoki (720 AD) refers to him as Izanagi-no-Mikoto, with the name written in...

Jinmu-tennō) was the legendary first emperor of Japan according to the Nihon Shoki and Kojiki. His ascension is traditionally dated as 660 BC. In Japanese...

Japanese mythological cycle recorded in the Kojiki (c. 712 CE) and the Nihon Shoki (720 CE). One of the gazetteer reports (Fudoki) commissioned by the imperial...

portrayed in Japan's earliest literary texts, the Kojiki (c. 712 CE) and the Nihon Shoki (720 CE), as the ruler (or one of the rulers) of the heavenly realm Takamagahara...

nascent literary culture with the completion of the Kojiki (712) and Nihon Shoki (720), as well as the development of Buddhist-inspired artwork and architecture...

He was the older brother of Jimmu.. While playing a minor role in the Nihon Shoki, he has a prominent local tradition at Takachiho Shrine of which he is...

Izanagi and Izanami's begetting of various gods (kamiumi) cited in the Nihon Shoki states that when Izanagi killed the newborn fire god Kagutsuchi (whose...

秦韓六國諸軍事、安東大將軍、倭國王。至齊建元中，及梁武帝時，并來朝貢。 Nihon shoki Chapter 30:持統五年 九月己巳朔壬申。賜音博士大唐続守言。薩弘恪。書博士百済末士善信、銀人二十両。 Nihon shoki Chapter 30:持統六年 十二月辛酉朔甲戌。賜音博士続守言。薩弘恪水田人四町...

tradition regarding kami worship was recorded in the 8th-century Kojiki and Nihon Shoki. In ensuing centuries, shinbutsu-shūgō was adopted by Japan's Imperial...

Himetataraisuzu-hime (媛蹈鞴五十鈴媛) is a Japanese goddess, a mythological figure in the Nihon Shoki (Chronicles of Japan), the first empress of Japan, and the first wife...

two books are the Kojiki and the Nihon Shoki. collectively called the Kiki (記紀) Kojiki One of the Kiki. Nihon Shoki One of the Kiki, first of the Rikkokushi...

literature dating to the 8th century, such as the Fudoki for Tango Province, Nihon Shoki, and the Man'yōshū. During the Muromachi to Edo periods, versions of...

Sengoku Daimyo. April 2022. Retrieved 2023-05-04. See the references under Nihon Shoki for an extended bibliography Aston, William George (1896). Nihongi: Chronicles...

literary work in Japan. The myths contained in the Kojiki as well as the Nihon Shoki (日本書紀) are part of the inspiration behind many practices and unified...

Kokki in 620 CE. The earliest extant work is the Kojiki of 712. The Nihon Shoki followed by 720. These two works formed the base of a history of the...

Japanese myths, as they are recognized today, are the Kojiki and the Nihon Shoki. The Kojiki, or "Record of Ancient Matters," is the oldest surviving...

in this passage and some Baekje words cited in the Japanese history Nihon Shoki (720), many scholars, beginning with Kōno Rokurō and later Kim Bang-han...

Kōkū (Japan Airlines) Nihon-shoki (an old history book, never Nippon shoki) Nihonshu (日本酒; meaning 'Japanese wine') Zen Nihon Kendō Renmei (全日本剣道連盟,...

first reliable historical mention of the sword is in the Nihon Shoki. Although the Nihon Shoki also contains mythological stories that are not considered...

beings Nakajima Ki-44 Shōki, a single-engine fighter aircraft used by the Imperial Japanese Army Air Force in World War II Nihon Shoki, sometimes translated...

"Book II", Nihon Shoki, translated by Aston, William George, Pub. for the Society by K. Paul, Trench, Trübner, 1896 "Book III", Nihon Shoki, translated...

the southern Korean Peninsula influenced each other. According to the Nihon Shoki, Buddhism and the Chinese writing system were introduced near the end...

deity (kami) in Japanese mythology, portrayed in the Kojiki and the Nihon Shoki as the very first or one of the first deities who manifested when heaven...

diplomatic missions from Baekje reached Japan around 367 (According to the Nihon Shoki: 247). King Geunchogo (346–375) expanded Baekje's territory to the north...

gift from the king of Baekje to a Yamato ruler. It is mentioned in the Nihon Shoki in the fifty-second year of the reign of the semi-mythical Empress Jingū...

both as Izanami-no-Kami (伊弉冉神) and Izanami-no-Mikoto (伊邪那美命), while the Nihon Shoki (720 AD) refers to her as Izanami-no-Mikoto, with the name written in...

becoming modern Japanese tsuki) and yomi (読み, "reading, counting"). The Nihon Shoki mentions this name spelled as Tsukuyumi (月弓, "moon bow"), but this yumi...

literature during the Nara period. Works such as the Kojiki and the Nihon Shoki were political, used to record and therefore justify and establish the...

necklace made by piercing the canine teeth and jawbone of the fox. In the Nihon Shoki (or Nihongi, compiled 720), the fox is mentioned twice, as omens. In...