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Nihon Kōki (日本後紀 ) is an officially commissioned Japanese history text. Completed in 840, it is the third volume in the Six National Histories. It covers the years 792-833.
Contents
Background
Following the earlier national history Shoku Nihongi (797), in 819 Emperor Saga ordered the compilation of the years since then. Primarily edited by Fujiwara no Otsugu, Minamoto no Tokiwa, Fujiwara no Yoshino and Fujiwara no Yoshifusa, the text was completed in 840.
Much of the text was lost during the Ōnin and Bunmei Wars in the late 15th century. Of the original 40 volumes, only ten currently exist: 5, 8, 12, 13, 14, 17, 20-22, and 24.
Contents
Written in Kanbun-style, the contents covered the years 792 through 833. It spans four imperial reigns: Kammu, Heizei, Saga, Junna. The text is characteristic in that it contains criticism of emperors and officials as well as poetry.
See also
- Ruijū Kokushi, a categorized and chronological history text of the Six National Histories; valuable resource in recreating the missing contents of the Nihon Kōki
External links
- Manuscript scans, Waseda University Library
References
- Kubota, Jun (2007) (in Japanese). Iwanami Nihon Koten Bungaku Jiten. Iwanami Shoten. ISBN 978-4-00-080310-6.
- Nihon Koten Bungaku Daijiten: Kan'yakuban. Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten. 1986. ISBN 4-00-080067-1.
Nihon Shoki · Shoku Nihongi · Nihon Kōki · Shoku Nihon Kōki · Nihon Montoku Tennō Jitsuroku · Nihon Sandai Jitsuroku
Related Ruijū Kokushi · Honchō Seiki · Shinkokushi · Nihongiryaku
Categories:- Japanese history stubs
- Late Old Japanese texts
- 9th-century history books
- Japanese history books
- Nara period
- Heian period
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