Home›Sources›Nihongi: Chronicles of Japan from the Earliest Times to A.D. 697SourcesNihongi: Chronicles of Japan from the Earliest Times to A.D. 697Citation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextDivinity Atlas. "Nihongi: Chronicles of Japan from the Earliest Times to A.D. 697." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://divinity.interactivelion.com/sources/nihongi-chronicles-of-japan-from-the-earliest-times-to-a-d-697.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextDivinity Atlas. (n.d.). Nihongi: Chronicles of Japan from the Earliest Times to A.D. 697. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://divinity.interactivelion.com/sources/nihongi-chronicles-of-japan-from-the-earliest-times-to-a-d-697Copy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{divinityatlas-nihongi-chronicles-of-japan-from-the-ear, author = {Divinity Atlas}, title = {Nihongi: Chronicles of Japan from the Earliest Times to A.D. 697}, year = {2026}, url = {https://divinity.interactivelion.com/sources/nihongi-chronicles-of-japan-from-the-earliest-times-to-a-d-697}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXW. G. Aston's is a classic late nineteenth century scholarly English translation of the Nihon Shoki, Japan's second oldest chronicle and, alongside the Kojiki, a foundational text for early Japanese history and Shinto mythology, made directly from the Japanese text by a specialist in Japanese language and history. This record states its own honest limit: it is now well over a century old, and its language and some specific readings have since been superseded by later scholarship. Use it for the content of the Nihon Shoki as this translation renders it; a claim resting on a fine point of translation or a passage where later scholarship has revised Aston's reading should be checked against a more recent rendering alongside it.FactsClaims Backed By This Source (121 claims)Comments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)FactsAssessmentReliability TierWell-attested1W. G. Aston's classic late nineteenth-century translation of the Nihon Shoki, Japan's second-oldest chronicle and a foundational text of Shinto mythology; dated, and some readings have been superseded by later scholarship, so a claim resting on a fine point of translation may need a more recent rendering.NotesWell-attestedA classic late nineteenth-century English translation of the Nihon Shoki, Japan's second-oldest chronicle and, alongside the Kojiki, a foundational text of Shinto mythology and early Japanese history. Use for the content of the Nihon Shoki as this translation renders it; dated, and its language and some readings have been superseded by later scholarship, so a claim resting on a fine point of translation may need a more recent rendering alongside it.CitationAuthorWell-attestedW. G. Aston (translator)PublisherWell-attestedKegan PaulPublication YearWell-attested1896URLWell-attestedhttps://archive.org/details/nihongi1astoSource TypeWell-attestedprimary-textClaims Backed By This Source (121 claims)This source backs 121 claims across the atlas. As facts: 79 well-attested. As cited relationships: 15 holds, 3 connected. Plus 24 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.Disposition By TopicFigures, 30 claims: 21 well-attested, 5 holds, 4 general references.Articles, 21 claims: 14 well-attested, 3 connected, 4 general references.Deities, 15 claims: 12 well-attested, 1 holds, 2 general references.Myths & Sacred Narratives, 10 claims: 8 well-attested, 2 general references.Scriptures & Texts, 10 claims: 7 well-attested, 2 holds, 1 general references.Mythical Creatures, 8 claims: 6 well-attested, 2 general references.Sources, 8 claims: 8 well-attested.Doctrines, 6 claims: 4 holds, 2 general references.Scripture Portions, 6 claims: 3 holds, 3 general references.Calendars, 4 claims: 3 well-attested, 1 general references.Subcategories, 2 claims: 2 general references.Realms, 1 claims: 1 general references.Well-attested79ArticlesA Symbol That Outlived the MythBorn From an Eye, Exiled From the Sky: Tsukuyomi and the Death of Uke MochiGuide Through the Mountains of KumanoImpossible Reigns, and Centuries of Court LecturesOjin's Reign: The Emperor Who Brought Writing to JapanOne Name, Two Gods: The Other Watatsumi Born at the Sea's EdgeThirty Books, and the Variants Set Side by SideWritten in Chinese, for Readers Beyond JapanCalendarsJapanese Traditional Calendar (Kyureki)DeitiesTsukuyomiUke MochiFiguresEmperor OjinHirohitoTsukuyomiUke MochiMythical CreaturesYatagarasuMyths & Sacred NarrativesAmaterasu and the Heavenly Rock CaveThe Creation by Izanagi and IzanamiScriptures & TextsNihon ShokiSourcesNihongi: Chronicles of Japan from the Earliest Times to A.D. 697Holds15DeitiesTsukuyomiDoctrinesKannagaraMatsuriFiguresEmperor OjinHirohitoUke MochiScripture PortionsKamitsumakiNakatsumakiShimotsumakiScriptures & TextsNihon ShokiConnected3ArticlesBorn From an Eye, Exiled From the Sky: Tsukuyomi and the Death of Uke MochiOjin's Reign: The Emperor Who Brought Writing to JapanOne Name, Two Gods: The Other Watatsumi Born at the Sea's EdgeGeneral References24ArticlesBorn From an Eye, Exiled From the Sky: Tsukuyomi and the Death of Uke MochiOjin's Reign: The Emperor Who Brought Writing to JapanOne Name, Two Gods: The Other Watatsumi Born at the Sea's EdgeThe Cult of Izanami: The Grave in the Cliff at Hana no IwayaCalendarsJapanese Traditional Calendar (Kyureki)DeitiesTsukuyomiUke MochiDoctrinesKannagaraMatsuriFiguresEmperor OjinHirohitoTsukuyomiUke MochiMythical CreaturesYamata no OrochiYatagarasuMyths & Sacred NarrativesAmaterasu and the Heavenly Rock CaveThe Creation by Izanagi and IzanamiRealmsTakamagaharaScripture PortionsKamitsumakiNakatsumakiShimotsumakiScriptures & TextsNihon ShokiSubcategoriesCelestial DeitiesDema DeitiesComments (0)No comments yet. 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