The Kojiki

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf ancient Japanese text
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs Records of Ancient Matters
gptkbp:commissionedBy gptkb:Empress_Genmei
gptkbp:compiledBy gptkb:Ō_no_Yasumaro
early 8th century
712 CE
gptkbp:contains Japanese creation myth
Shinto myths
genealogies of emperors
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:Japan
gptkbp:culturalSignificance inspiration for literature and art
basis for Japanese mythology
source for Shinto rituals
gptkbp:genre history
mythology
gptkbp:hasWrittenFor imperial legitimacy
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label The Kojiki
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Nihon_Shoki
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:oral_tradition
Chinese historiography
gptkbp:language gptkb:Classical_Japanese
gptkbp:mainDeity gptkb:Amaterasu
gptkb:Izanagi
gptkb:Izanami
gptkb:Yama
gptkb:Tsukuyomi
gptkbp:manuscript original lost, copies exist
gptkbp:notableRuler gptkb:Emperor_Ōjin
gptkb:Emperor_Sujin
gptkb:Emperor_Nintoku
gptkb:Emperor_Jimmu
gptkb:Emperor_Keikō
gptkbp:preservedIn Imperial Household Agency
gptkbp:referencedIn gptkb:Shoku_Nihongi
gptkb:Manyoshu
gptkbp:relatedWork gptkb:Nihon_Shoki
Fudoki
gptkbp:religiousSignificance Shinto scripture
gptkbp:significance oldest extant chronicle in Japan
gptkbp:structure three volumes
gptkbp:studiedBy kokugaku scholars
gptkbp:subject gptkb:Japanese_imperial_family
kami (deities)
ancient Japanese history
gptkbp:thirdVolume Shimotsumaki (Volume of the Emperors)
gptkbp:volume Kamitsumaki (Volume of the Gods)
Nakatsumaki (Volume of the Emperors)
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Sacred_Literature
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7