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Nihongi

The Chronicles of Japan (720), from the creation of heaven and earth to the court of Empress Jitō.

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  1. 01Nihongi 1Book I. The Age of the Gods.↗
  2. 02Nihongi 2Book II. The Age of the Gods.↗
  3. 03Nihongi 3Book III. The Emperor Kami-yamato Ihare-biko. (Jimmu Tennō.)↗
  4. 04Nihongi 4Book IV. The Emperor Kami-nunagaha-mimi. (Suizei Tennō.)↗

Nihongi, tr. W. G. Aston
W. G. Aston, 1896

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W. G. Aston's translation (1896). Following the conventions of his time, he put a few sexually explicit passages into Latin rather than English.

Nihongi: Chronicles of Japan from the Earliest Times to A.D. 697, translated by W. G. Aston, Transactions and Proceedings of the Japan Society, London, Supplement I (London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner, 1896). Public domain. Transcribed and proofread by English Wikisource volunteers. · Source ↗

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