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Kojiki (Record of Ancient Matters)古事記

Ō no Yasumaro · 712 (Japan, 5th year of Wadō) · Japan · 55 entries · 48,374 Chinese characters

The oldest surviving book in Japan. Three volumes, beginning with the opening of heaven and earth, passing through the age of the gods, and closing with Empress Suiko. One hundred and five songs are written in man'yōgana, so a whole text survives in which the Chinese characters carry sound alone and not meaning. It sets down the same events differently from the Nihon Shoki at many points, and is well worth reading beside it.

Fifty-five entries fully translated (335 paragraphs, 53,511 graphs, 589 notes, 105 songs). Zero differences against the source text.

Middle and Lower Books
Upper Book