Rikkokushi
As Rikkokushi ( Jap. 六国史 ) one summarizes a "Six Stories Empire" or "Six realm annals" referred to collection of the oldest histories in the Japanese in Japan from the Nara to the Heian period together. Only the mythological “record of old events” ( Kojiki ) is considered older .
All of these works were commissioned and supported by the imperial family . They are based on Chinese dynastic annals (see the 24 dynasty stories ).
Overview
| Surname | Fascicle | period covered | completion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nihongi ( 日本 紀 , also: Nihon Shoki 日本 書 紀 ) | 30th | to 697 | 720 |
| Shoku Nihongi ( 続 日本 紀 ) | 40 | 697-791 | 797 |
| Nihon Kōki ( 日本 後 紀 ) | 40 | 792-833 | 840 |
| Shoku Nihon Kōki ( 続 日本 後 紀 ) | 20th | 833-850 | 869 |
| Nihon Montoku Tennō Jitsuroku ( 日本 文 徳 天皇 実 録 ) | 10 | 850-858 | 879 |
| Nihon Sandai Jitsuroku ( 日本 三代 実 録 ) | 50 | 858-887 | 901 |
Timeline
The works created after 700 are under the influence of the Fujiwara clan. Together they cover the area from the mythical prehistory to the late 9th century.
reception
In the hierarchical classification of all Shinto shrines in the course of the introduction of State Shinto in 1871, only those shrines attained the rank of "imperial shrines" ( kampeisha ) close to the imperial family , which were either used in the "ceremonies from the Engi period" ( Engishiki ) or in the “Six Reichsannals”.
In the nationalistically exaggerated interwar period, based on the ideology of the kokutai , it was considered an insult to majesty (or blasphemy) to question the objectivity of the "Six Reichsannals". Well-known scientists were therefore persecuted (starting with the Minobe affair).
literature
- Sakamoto, Tarō; John S. Brownlee (tr.): The Six National Histories of Japan . UBC Press, University of Tokyo Press ISBN 0-7748-0379-7
- Horst Hammitzsch (Ed.): Rikkokushi. The official imperial annals of Japan. The government annals of the Kammu-tenno, Shoku-Nihongi 36-40 and Nihon-Koki 1-13 (780-806) . Tokyo 1962 (reports from the German Society for Nature and Ethnology of East Asia XLIII)
Book review
- Karl F. Friday: Review of: The Six National Histories of Japan. By Sakamoto Tarō, translated by John S. Brownlee. In: Monumenta Nipponica, Vol. 46, No. 4, pp. 550-552.
Web links
- Full texts for J-Texts (Japanese)
- 古 事 記 と 六 国史 . National Archives of Japan, 2011,accessed December 16, 2016(Japanese).