Nihon Shoki
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History
Nihon Shoki is the second oldest book of classical Japanese mythology and history. It includes details that are not in the Kojiki, which is the oldest historical record of ancient Japan.[1]
This book is important to people who study the history of Japan because it has information about the early rulers not found in other books.[3]
Dates in the Nihon Shoki before the late 7th century were likely recorded using the Genka calendar system.[4]
Nihon Shoki Media
The Nihon Shoki entry of 15 April 683 CE (Tenmu 12th year), when an edict was issued mandating the use of copper coins rather than silver coins, an early mention of Japanese currency. Excerpt of the 11th century edition.
Related pages
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric (2002). Japan Encyclopedia. Harvard University Press. p. 709. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5.
- ↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric (2002). Japan Encyclopedia. Harvard University Press. pp. 789–790. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5.
- ↑ Aston, William George. (1896). Nihongi: Chronicles of Japan from the Earliest Times to AD 697, pp. xiii-xvi.
- ↑ Barnes, Gina (2002). State Formation in Japan: Emergence of a 4th-Century Ruling Elite. Taylor & Francis. p. 226. ISBN 978-0-203-46287-4.
Further reading
Media related to Nihon Shoki at Wikimedia Commons
- Sakamoto, Tarō. (1991). The Six National Histories of Japan (tr. John S. Brownlee). Tokyo: University of Tokyo Press.
