The Kojiki

Yasumaro Ō

Original title: The story of ancient Japan

earliest edition we have, 1882 Maisonneuve & Larose, 1997 278 pages

Shinchō Nihon koten shūsei

"The Kojiki, previously translated as "A Record of Ancient Matters," is considered to be the first literary work in the history of Japan. It is a compilation of myths, history, songs, legends, genealogies, and other disparate works from which written history and literature were later created. The Kojiki tells of the origins of the four home islands of Japan central to the inspiration behind Shinto practices. The work...

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Editions we hold

古事記 edition · 2018 · Shang zhou chu ban · 309 pages · 9789864775385
Kojiki edition · 2014 · Columbia University Press · 320 pages · 9780231538121
The Kojiki paperback · 2014 · Columbia University Press · 279 pages · 9780231163897
Kojiki edition · 2014 · Shinchōsha · 410 pages · 9784106208010
Kojiki edition · 2014 · Columbia University Press · 312 pages · 9780231163880
Kojiki edition · 2012 · CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform · 58 pages · 9781479326723
Kojiki edition · 2012 · CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform · 30 pages · 9781477604533
古事记 edition · 2001 · Zhongguo dui wai fan yi chu ban gong si · 188 pages · 9787500107941
Le Ko Ji Ki: Chronique des Choses Anciennes edition · 1997 · Maisonneuve & Larose · 278 pages · 9782706812750
"Ko-ji-ki" "Records of ancient matters." Tr. By Basil Hall Chamberlain hardcover · 1906 · Classic Books · 46 pages · 9780742641495
Ko-ji-ki, or, Records of ancient matters edition · 1882 · s.n. · 369 pages

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