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Kojiki

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Kojiki

Japan's oldest chronicle (712): the age of the gods, the Sun Goddess and the first emperors.

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01Kojiki 0Preface↗
02Kojiki 1Section I. The Beginning of Heaven and Earth↗
03Kojiki 2Section II. The Seven Divine Generations↗
04Kojiki 3Section III. The Island of Onogoro↗

Kojiki, tr. Basil Hall Chamberlain
Basil Hall Chamberlain, 1882

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Basil Hall Chamberlain's translation (1882). Following the conventions of his time, he put a few sexually explicit passages into Latin rather than English.

“Ko-ji-ki,” or Records of Ancient Matters, translated by Basil Hall Chamberlain, Transactions of the Asiatic Society of Japan, vol. X, supplement (Yokohama, 1882). Public domain. Transcribed and proofread by English Wikisource volunteers. · Source ↗

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