Ruijū Kokushi ( 類聚国史 ) is a historical text that categorizes and chronologizes the events listed in the Six National Histories . It was compiled by Sugawara no Michizane and completed in 892. The text was commissioned by Emperor Uda .
7-476: The text was originally 200 volumes in length with two indices and three genealogical volumes. However, much of it was lost during the Ōnin War in the late 15th century. Only 62 volumes are currently extant: volumes 1-5, 8-11, 14-16, 19, 25, 28, 31-36, 40, 54, 61, 66, 71-75, 77-80, 83-84, 86-89, 99, 101, 107, 147, 159, 165, 170-171, 173, 177-180, 182, 185-187, 189-190, 193-194, 199. The text categories and subcategories
14-543: Is an earthquake in July 869 and a tsunami that flooded the plains of northeast Japan: “The sea soon rushed into the villages and towns, overwhelming a few hundred miles of land along the coast. There was scarcely any time for escape, though there were boats and the high ground just before them. In this way about 1,000 people were killed.” These were the same plains that were submerged in the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami , according to one account. "Analysis of sediments left by
21-516: Is an officially commissioned Japanese history text. Completed in 901, it is the sixth and final text in the Six National Histories series. It covers the years 858–887. Following the earlier national history Nihon Montoku Tennō Jitsuroku (879), Emperor Uda ordered the compilation of the years since then. It was compiled by Fujiwara no Tokihira , Sugawara no Michizane , Ōkura no Yoshiyuki , and Mimune no Masahira . The text
28-442: The 869 tsunami led to an estimate that the earthquake had a magnitude of 8.3." Nihon Sandai Jitsuroku is the final text in the Six National Histories series. In 936, a national history bureau (撰国史所) was established to maintain the existing national histories as well as to continue with their compilation. A new text, Shinkokushi , was begun. However, it remained in draft form and was never completed. The declining power of
35-419: The historical accounts given in the Six National Histories , listing each of which in chronological order.. There are a total of eighteen categories, with another five lost in the missing volumes. While the final national history, Nihon Sandai Jitsuroku , was completed in 901, nine years later, Michizane was one of the contributing editors and was thus able to incorporate early content. The editorial policy
42-479: Was completed in 901. Written in Kanbun -style and contained within fifty volumes, the contents cover a span of thirty years from 858 to 887 corresponding to three imperial reigns: Seiwa , Yōzei , and Kōkō . It contains many imperial edicts and is more detailed compared to the earlier texts. Particularly famous is a description of Ariwara no Narihira . Parts of volumes 15, 19, and 48 are incomplete. Also described
49-497: Was to be true to the original sources without modifying or adding to the content. It is thus a valuable resource in reconstructing Nihon Kōki , Shoku Nihon Kōki , and Nihon Sandai Jitsuroku , all of which were largely lost over time. This Japanese history–related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Nihon Sandai Jitsuroku Nihon Sandai Jitsuroku ( 日本三代実録 , "The True History of Three Reigns of Japan") , abbreviated as Sandai Jitsuroku ,
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