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1. Nihon Shoki

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   The Nihon Shoki (日本書紀, "Chronicles of Japan") is the second-oldest official historical text of Japan, compiled in 720 CE during the Nara Period. Commissioned by the imperial court under the direction of Prince Toneri, it represents the earliest systematic attempt to record Japanese history from the age of the gods through the reign of Empress Jitō. The text was composed in Classical Chinese, reflecting the intellectual conventions of the era, and ex…

2. Nihon Shoki

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   Relationship to the Kojiki
   The Kojiki (712 CE) predates the Nihon Shoki by eight years, though both texts likely drew from common source materials. Where the Kojiki employs a more mythologically-inflected narrative style, the Nihon Shoki adopts the conventions of Classical Chinese historiography. The two texts diverge significantly in their treatment of imperial genealogies, particularly regarding early sovereigns before the historical record becomes archaeologically verifiable around the third century CE.
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