is an annotated text of the ''
Nihon Shoki'' compiled by
Urabe Kanekata between 1274 and 1301 that is 28 volumes in length.
[Nihon Koten Bungaku Daijiten Henshū Iinkai (1986:894)]
Contents
The 28 volumes are divided into seven sections:
*volume 1: a commentary introducing the material of the text
*volume 2: a list of kanji and their readings
*volume 3: a collection of items needing further explanation
*volume 4: imperial genealogy
*volumes 5-15: definitions for a selection of words and phrases
*volumes 16-22: a collection of old words and readings
*volumes 23-28:
waka
Waka may refer to:
Culture and language
* Waka (canoe), a Polynesian word for canoe; especially, canoes of the Māori of New Zealand
** Waka ama, a Polynesian outrigger canoe
** Waka hourua, a Polynesian ocean-going canoe
** Waka taua, a Māori w ...
poetry
Value
Besides being an important early study of ''Nihon Shoki'', it also includes many full citations from other historical texts, some of which are no longer extant. These include ''
Jōgūki'', ''
Nihongi Shiki'', ''
Kogo Shūi
is a historical record of the Inbe clan of Japan written in the early Heian period (794–1185). It was composed by Inbe no Hironari (斎部広成) in 807 using material transmitted orally over several generations of the Inbe clan.
Backgroun ...
'', ''Tensho'', ''
Sendai Kuji Hongi
, or , is a historical Japanese text. It was generally believed to have been one of the earliest Japanese histories until the middle of the Edo period, when scholars such as Tokugawa Mitsukuni and Tada Yoshitoshi successfully contended that it wa ...
'', and more than thirty ''
fudoki
are ancient reports on provincial culture, geography, and oral tradition presented to the reigning monarchs of Japan, also known as local gazetteers. They contain agricultural, geographical, and historical records as well as mythology and ...
''.
In addition, it is a valuable resource to supplement history missing from ''
Kojiki'' and ''Nihon Shoki''. The imperial genealogies are important since the genealogies that were once part of ''Nihon Shoki'' have since been lost. For example, they clarify the genealogy for
Emperor Keitai
(died 10 March 531) was the 26th legendary emperor of Japan,Imperial Household Agency (''Kunaichō'') 継体天皇 (26)/ref> according to the traditional order of succession.
No firm dates can be assigned to this emperor's life or reign, but he ...
which is lacking in the existing ''Nihon Shoki''.
The collection of definitions and readings for old words are also linguistically valuable.
See also
*
Historiography of Japan
* ''
Nihon Shoki'', the subject of this annotated text
Notes
References
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Early Middle Japanese texts
13th-century history books
Kamakura-period history books
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