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A Heroine tale of the creation of the earth goddess, Jimosin, showcases the origins of farming (Jwa, N.D), the conflict of the sexes, and how the combining of male and female leads to prosperity and fertility. Jacheongbi goes to heaven to find her lover and after being tested and passing she is able to marry him.
Genbun itchi (Japanese: 言文一致, literally meaning "unification of the spoken and written language") was a successful nineteenth and early-twentieth century movement in Japan to replace classical Japanese, the written standard of the Japanese language, and classical Chinese with vernacular Japanese.
Nijūichidaishū (21 imperial collections of Japanese poetry) Kokin Wakashū (c. 920) Gosen Wakashū (951) Shūi Wakashū (1005–1007) Goshūi Wakashū (1086) Kin'yō Wakashū (1124–27) Shika Wakashū (1151–54) Senzai Wakashū (1187) Shin Kokin Wakashū (1205) Shinchokusen Wakashū (1234) Shokugosen Wakashū (1251) Shokukokin Wakashū ...
Since the Meiji Period (1868–1912), administrative documents had been preserved respectively by each government ministry. A library for the cabinet of the early Meiji government was established in 1873; and in 1885, this became the Cabinet Library (Naikaku Bunko), which evolved as the nation's leading specialized library of ancient Japanese and Chinese classical books and materials.
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According to Maner Lawton Thorpe (1983), the phonological correspondences of Eastern Old Japanese shared with the Ryukyuan languages could be explained by the descend from a common language. Thus, he proposes the following phylogenetic tree: Japanese-Ryukyuan languages [Proto-]Kyūshū Ryukyuan languages; Kyūshū Old Japanese (not attested)
The Kojiki (古事記, "Records of Ancient Matters" or "An Account of Ancient Matters"), also sometimes read as Furukotofumi [1] or Furukotobumi, [2] [a] is an early Japanese chronicle of myths, legends, hymns, genealogies, oral traditions, and semi-historical accounts down to 641 [3] concerning the origin of the Japanese archipelago, the kami (神), and the Japanese imperial line.
The historiography of Japan (日本史学史 Nihon shigakushi) is the study of methods and hypotheses formulated in the study and literature of the history of Japan.. The earliest work of Japanese history is attributed to Prince Shōtoku, who is said to have written the Tennōki and the Kokki in 620 CE.