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Jacheongbi from "Segyeongbonpuri" or "Chach'ongbi Agriculture Goddess" 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.
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.
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 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.
ASSYRIAN EMPIRE RESTORED. Hezekiah — Isaiah — Prophets — Chaldees — Babylon — its commerce and splendour — Captivity of Judah — Tyre — Apries — Prophecy of the Five Empires 49 CHAPTER X. PERSIAN, OR SECOND GREAT EMPIRE.
The Matagi dialect (マタギ言葉, Matagi kotoba) is a functionally extinct [1] Japanese sociolect spoken by the Matagi people of Akita Prefecture and other areas of the Tohoku region in northern Honshu, Japan.
Waka ("Japanese poem") or uta ("song") is an important genre of Japanese literature. The term originated in the Heian period to distinguish Japanese-language poetry from kanshi, poetry written in Chinese by Japanese authors. [35] [36] Waka began as an oral tradition, in tales, festivals and rituals, [nb 4] and began to be written in the 7th ...
Only parts of the Seungjeongwon ilgi that document the later part of the Joseon period now survive. Earlier records were destroyed by fires during the Imjin War. [2] The surviving records cover 271 years, from the reign of King Injo in 1623 to that of King Gojong in 1894 (or 287 years if the Korean Empire period, which lasted until 1910, is included).