![]() ![]() Out of these texts, only the Kokki survived the burning of Soga no Emishi's estate (where these documents were kept) during the Isshi incident of 645, and was itself apparently lost soon after. According to the Nihon Shoki, the documents compiled under their initiative were the Tennōki ( 天皇記, also Sumera-mikoto no fumi) or the "Record of the Emperors", the Kokki ( 国記, also Kunitsufumi) or the "National Record", and other "fundamental records" ( 本記, hongi or mototsufumi) pertaining to influential clans and free subjects. 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 Kinmei in the 6th century, with the first concerted effort at historical compilation of which we have record being the one made in 620 under the auspices of Prince Shotoku and Soga no Umako. Composition Portrait of Ō no Yasumaro by Kikuchi Yōsai (19th century) Later, they were incorporated into Shinto practices such as the misogi purification ritual. The myths contained in the Kojiki as well as the Nihon Shoki ( 日本書紀) are part of the inspiration behind many practices and unified "Shinto orthodoxy". ![]() It is claimed in its preface to have been composed by Ō no Yasumaro at the request of Empress Genmei in the early 8th century (711–712), and thus is usually considered to be the oldest extant literary work in Japan. The Kojiki ( 古事記, "Records of Ancient Matters" or "An Account of Ancient Matters"), also sometimes read as Furukotofumi or Furukotobumi, is an early Japanese chronicle of myths, legends, hymns, genealogies, oral traditions, and semi-historical accounts down to 641 concerning the origin of the Japanese archipelago, the kami ( 神), and the Japanese imperial line. ![]()
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