Kojiki: Records of Ancient Matters
By no Are Hieda, no Yasumaro Ō · Running time 09:24:09 · Antiquity, Asian Antiquity
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Of all the mass of Japanese literature, which lies before us as the result of nearly twelve centuries of book-making, the most important monument is the work entitled Kojiki (古事記) or Records of Ancient Matters, which was completed in A.D. 712. It is the most important because it has preserved for us more faithfully than any other book the mythology, the manners, the language, and the traditional history of Ancient Japan. E.M. Satow, in his paper on the "Revival of Pure Shintō," says: "The Emperor Tenmu (天武天皇), at what portion of his reign is not mentioned, lamenting that the records possessed
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