Shoku Nihongi
Shoku Nihongi (続日本紀) is an ancient history of Japan written in 797.[1]
This work is the second of the Rikkokushi ("Six National Histories"). It was written after the Nihon Shoki and before the Nihon Kōki.[1]
Sugeno Mamichi was the main editor.[1]
Shoku Nihongi is a primary historical source of information about Japan's Nara period.
The work covers the 95-year period from the beginning of Emperor Mommu's reign in 697 until the 10th year of Emperor Kammu's reign in 791.[1] The text is an account of nine imperial reigns.[2]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Shoku Nihongi" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 883.
- ↑ Bender, Ross. "Performative Loci of Shoku Nihongi Edicts, 749-770" Archived 2012-02-09 at the Wayback Machine; retrieved 2011-12-29.
Further reading
[change | change source]- Sakamoto, Tarō. (1991). The Six National Histories of Japan (tr. John S. Brownlee). Tokyo: University of Tokyo Press.
Other websites
[change | change source]- Shoku Nihongi text Archived 2011-04-30 at the Wayback Machine (in Japanese)
- Shoku Nihongi text Archived 2011-06-10 at the Wayback Machine (in Japanese)
- Waseda University Library, Shoku Nihongi manuscript (in Japanese)
