is an imperially commissioned
Japan
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genealogical
Genealogy () is the study of families, family history, and the tracing of their lineages. Genealogists use oral interviews, historical records, genetic analysis, and other records to obtain information about a family and to demonstrate kin ...
record. Thirty volumes in length, it was compiled under the order of
Emperor Saga by his brother, the Imperial Prince Manta (万多親王, 788–830). Also by
Fujiwara no Otsugu
was a Japanese statesman, courtier, politician and editor during the Heian period.Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Fujiwara no Otsugu" in . He is credited as one of the collaborative compilers of the '' Nihon Kōki''.Nussbaum, "Nihon Kōki" ...
and
Fujiwara no Sonohito et al. It was initially completed in 814, but underwent a revision to be recompleted in 815.
Contents
The record contains genealogical records for 1182 families. It categorizes these by their family roots:
* imperial ancestry: 335 families
* divine ancestry: 404 families; of which 246 were of
direct heavenly descent, 128 were of heavenly cadet descent, and 30 of earthly divine descent.
* foreign: 326 families; of which, 163 were from
China
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Baekje
Baekje or Paekche (, ) was a Korean kingdom located in southwestern Korea from 18 BC to 660 AD. It was one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea, together with Goguryeo and Silla.
Baekje was founded by Onjo, the third son of Goguryeo's founder J ...
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Goguryeo
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Silla
Silla or Shilla (57 BCE – 935 CE) ( , Old Korean: Syera, Old Japanese: Siraki2) was a Korean kingdom located on the southern and central parts of the Korean Peninsula. Silla, along with Baekje and Goguryeo, formed the Three Kingdoms o ...
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Gaya.
The above categories were further subcategories by their present region of registration.
A total of 117 are listed as uncategorized.
Scholars have noted that at least one family, the Yoshida family, is listed under "imperial ancestry" but was likely of foreign origin.
The three categories in Japanese are called ''Kōbetsu'' (Imperial Ancestry), ''shimbetsu'' (Divine Ancestry) and ''shiban'' (Foreign)
References
Bibliography
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* Murayama, Izuru 1983 (23rd ed. 2005) ''Ōtomo no Tabito, Yamanoue no Okura: Yūshū to Kunō''. Tokyo : Shintensha.
External links
''Shinsen Shōjiroku'', an online edition
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Family registers
Late Old Japanese texts
Heian period in literature
814
9th century in Japan
9th-century Japanese books
Genealogy publications
Heian-period books