is a historical
Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...
ese record written by
Iki no Hakatoko. Composed late in the 7th century, the record is primarily known for being used as a reference in the composition of ''
Nihon Shoki'' as well as for being the oldest Japanese travel record.
[Nihon Koten Bungaku Daijiten (1986:61)] It is no longer extant.
Contents
While the record no longer exists, a fragment of its contents may be found in quotations. Passages are quoted four times in ''Nihon Shoki'':
[Sakamoto (1965: 575)]
*the 2nd month of 654
*the 7th month of 659: composed on the way to as well as at
Chang'an
Chang'an (; ) is the traditional name of Xi'an. The site had been settled since Neolithic times, during which the Yangshao culture was established in Banpo, in the city's suburbs. Furthermore, in the northern vicinity of modern Xi'an, Qin Shi ...
*the 7th month of 660: composed around
Luoyang
Luoyang is a city located in the confluence area of Luo River (Henan), Luo River and Yellow River in the west of Henan province. Governed as a prefecture-level city, it borders the provincial capital of Zhengzhou to the east, Pingdingshan to the ...
*the 5th month of 661: primarily relates the return journey
The various quotations relate details about the
Imperial Japanese embassies to China
The Japanese missions to Imperial China were diplomatic embassies which were intermittently sent to the Chinese imperial court. Any distinction amongst diplomatic envoys sent from the Japanese court or from any of the Japanese shogunates was lost ...
and
foreign policy
A State (polity), state's foreign policy or external policy (as opposed to internal or domestic policy) is its objectives and activities in relation to its interactions with other states, unions, and other political entities, whether bilaterall ...
around the middle of the 7th century.
See also
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Historiography of Japan
The historiography of Japan ( ') is the study of methods and hypotheses formulated in the study and literature of the history of Japan.
The earliest work of Japanese history is attributed to Prince Shōtoku, who is said to have written the ''Ten ...
Notes
References
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Iki No Hakatoko No Sho
Old Japanese texts
Asuka period
7th-century history books
7th-century Japanese books
ja:伊吉博徳#『伊吉博徳書』