Old Japanese texts

The , also sometimes read as ' or ', is an early Japanese chronicle of myths, legends, hymns, genealogies, oral traditions, and semi-historical accounts dating as far back as 641 concerning the origin of the Japanese archipelago, the kami, and the Japanese imperial line. It is claimed in its preface to have been composed by Ō no Yasumaro at the request of Empress Genmei in the early 8th century (711–712), and thus is usually considered to be the oldest extant literary work in Japan.

8th century book of classical Japanese history

thumb|right|80px|alt=Two vertical lines of Japanese text written in calligraphy, read right to left. The first character has smaller, simpler red characters written around it.|A replica of a poem  8, by Princess Nukata|Nukata no Ōkimi The is the oldest extant collection of Japanese (poetry in Classical Japanese), compiled sometime after AD 759 during the Nara period. The anthology is one of the most revered of Japan's poetic compilations. The compiler, or the last in a series of compilers, is today widely believed to be Ōtomo no Yakamochi, although numerous other theories have been p

historic constitution of Japan

oldest attested stage of the Japanese language

are ancient reports on provincial culture, geography, and oral tradition presented to the reigning monarchs of Japan, also known as local gazetteers. They contain agricultural, geographical, and historical records as well as mythology and folklore. Fudoki manuscripts also document local myths, rituals, and poems that are not mentioned in the Kojiki and the Nihon Shoki chronicles, which are the most important literature of the ancient national mythology and history. In the course of national unification, the imperial court enacted a series of criminal and administrative codes called ritsuryō an

The is the earliest extant anthology of literary Sinitic poetry (kanshi) written by Japanese poets.

Historical record of the Inbe clan of Japan

thumb|250px|The 22nd volume of the Ishinpō, which has the only illustration in the full text.

Japanese iron burial-mound sword

thumb|Replicas of mokkan are wooden tablets found at Japanese archaeological sites. Most of the tablets date from the mid-7th to mid-8th century, but some are as late as the early modern period. They have been found in sites across Japan, but mostly around the old capitals of Nara and Fujiwara. They were used for informal purposes, such as shipping tags, memoranda, and simple messages, and thus complement official records transmitted on paper.

, also known as and , is an ancient Japanese historical text. Its existence is recorded in the Kojiki which claims to have been composed based on its contents. No extant copies are known to exist anymore.

Ancient Japanese Provincial Gazeteer

The is a historical text purported to have been compiled in 681. The text is no longer extant.

historic site in Wakayama, Japan

archaic kana orthography system used to write Japanese during the Nara period

Japanese annotation of the Avatamsaka Sūtra

Burial mound in Japan

Japanese clan record