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Japanese Historical Text Initiative (JHTI) is a searchable online database of Japanese historical documents and English translations. It is part of the Center for Japanese Studies at the University of California at Berkeley .
The Sangyō Gisho ("Annotated Commentaries on the Three Sutras"), traditionally attributed to Prince Shōtoku, is the oldest extant Japanese text of any length. [19] Buddhism required the study of sutras written in Chinese, and the state founded a Sutra Copying Bureau (shakyōjo) before 727.
The University of Virginia Japanese Text Initiative (JTI) is a project intended to provide a comprehensive online database of Japanese literary texts. Sponsored by the University of Virginia and the University of Pittsburgh East Asian Library, the online collection contains over 300 texts from Japan's pre-modern and modern periods (generally ...
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 ...
To satisfy the growing demand for them, imported Sui and Tang manuscripts were copied, first by Korean and Chinese immigrants, and later in the mid-7th century by Japanese scribes. [12] [13] The Sangyō Gisho ("Annotated Commentaries on the Three Sutras"), traditionally attributed to Prince Shōtoku, is the oldest extant Japanese text of any ...
The text is 50 volumes in lengths and is organized by department: volumes 1–10: Department of Worship: In addition to regulating ceremonials including Daijōsai (the first Niiname-sai following the accession of a new emperor) and worship at Ise Grand Shrine and Saikū, this section of the Engishiki recorded liturgical texts and 2,861 officially recognized Shinto shrines as well as 3,131 ...
The Nihon Shoki (日本書紀), sometimes translated as The Chronicles of Japan, is the second-oldest book of classical Japanese history.The book is also called the Nihongi (日本紀, "Japanese Chronicles").
The Kojiki was written first in 711. It is the oldest surviving Japanese book. [11] [12] 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 ...