Kojiki: Records of Ancient Matters by no Yasumaro Ō; no Are Hieda

Kojiki: Records of Ancient Matters by no Yasumaro Ō; no Are Hieda – Audiobook

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Of all the mass of Japanese literature, which lies before us as the result of nearly twelve centuries of book-making, the most important monument is the work entitled Kojiki (古事記) or Records of Ancient Matters, which was completed in a.d. 712. It is the most important because it has preserved for us more faithfully than any other book the mythology, the manners, the language, and the traditional history of Ancient Japan.

e.m. Satow, in his paper on the "Revival of Pure Shintō," says:

At the end of this interval the Empress Genmei (元明天皇) ordered Ō no Yasumaro (太安万侶) to write it down from the mouth of Are, which accounts for the completion of the manuscript in so short a time as four months and a half."

(From the Translator's Introduction)

Cover: Communion of Sif and Uzume by cartoonist Robin Bougie (2024), released by him into the public domain.

Special thanks to Rino Iwashita, a student at Akita International University, for her help with Japanese pronunciation.

M4B Audiobook (274MB)

Kojiki: Records of Ancient Matters by no Yasumaro Ō; no Are Hieda – Audiobook

Kojiki: Records of Ancient Matters by no Yasumaro Ō; no Are Hieda – Audiobook

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