Source text (please read only from this text!): https://archive.org/details/transactionsasi27japagoog/page/n8/mode/2upKojiki (古事記 Records of Ancient Matters) is Japan's oldest book. At the request of Emperor Tenmu (天武天皇) the oral tradition that comprises Kojiki was collected and memorized by Hieda no Are (稗田 阿礼). Decades later at the request of Empress Genmei (元明天皇) Kojiki was written by Ō no Yasumaro (太 安万侶) using Chinese characters to represent Old Japanese sounds. Kojiki describes Kami (神) including the primordial Amenominakanushi (天之御中主神 Master of the August Center of Heaven), Takamimusubi (高御産巣日神 High August Producing Wondrous Deity) and Kamimusubi (神産巣日神 Divine Producing Wondrous Deity). Motoori Norinaga (本居 宣長), one of the Four Great Men of Kokugaku (國學の四大人), spent 35 years of his life writing a 44 volume commentary on Kojiki called Kojiki-den (古事記伝). Kojiki holds an important place in Shinto (神道) and contains rituals, hymns, ceremonies, poetry, histories and genealogies. One page and a few scattered sentences were translated into Latin to preserve modesty. Translated by Basil Hall Chamberlain. Cover: Communion of Sif and Benzaiten by comic artist Robin Bougie. (Summary Created by Geoffrey Edwards using Wikipedia and Kojiki)
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Genres for the project: *Non-fiction/Religion/Other religions; *Non-fiction/History/Antiquity
Keywords that describe the book: religion, Japan, ethics, Asia, theology, Japanese, shinto, theogony, shintoism, state shinto, kami, genealogy, 神, 神道
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