It is believed that the compilation of various genealogical and anecdotal histories of the imperial (Yamato) court and prominent clans began during the reigns of Emperors Keitai and Kinmeiin the 6th century, with the first

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Whereas the Nihon Shoki, owing to its status as one of the six imperial histories, was widely read and studied during the Heian period (794–1185), the Kojiki was mostly treated as an ancillary text. Indeed, a work known as the Sendai Kuji Hongi(also known as the Kujiki),

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The Kojiki contains various songs and poems. While the historical records and myths are written in a form of Chinesewith a heavy mixture of

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What follows is a condensed summary of the contents of the text, including many of the names of gods, emperors, and locations as well as events which took place in association with them. The original Japanese is included in parentheses where

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• Atsuta Shrine
• Historiography of Japan
• Japanese Historical Text Initiative

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1. ^ McDowell, Michael; Brown, Nathan Robert (2009). World Religions At Your Fingertips. Penguin. ISBN 978-1101014691.
2. ^ スーパー大辞林 [Super Daijirin].
3. ^ Jaroslav Průšekand Zbigniew Słupski, eds., Dictionary of Oriental Literatures: East Asia (Charles Tuttle,

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• Chamberlain, Basil Hall. 1882. A translation of the "Ko-ji-ki" or Records of ancient matters. Yokohama, Japan: R. Meiklejohn and Co., Printers. (www.sacred-texts.com)
• Philippi, Donald L.1968/1969. Kojiki. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press and

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