Hironori Iyoshi Books - Ikinohakatokosho

Japanese: 伊吉博徳書 - いきのはかとこのしょ

One of Japan's oldest travelogues. It is quoted in four places in the Chronicles from Emperor Kōtoku to Emperor Saimei as an annotated supplement to the main text of the Nihon Shoki, and provides information on the shipping routes between Japan and Tang China at the time, as well as the actions of envoys in Tang China. The author, Iyoshi Hironori, continued to negotiate with Tang China after returning to Japan, and although he was briefly arrested in the Prince Otsu incident, he became an envoy to Silla during the reign of Empress Jito, and participated in the establishment of the Taiho Code during the reign of Emperor Mommu. Another similar record is the Naniwa no Onito no Shiyo, a record of envoys sent to Tang China. [Aoki Kazuo]

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

日本最古の旅行記の一つ。《日本書紀》本文の割注として孝徳紀から斉明紀にわたり4ヵ所に引用され，当時の日唐間の航路や唐での使人の行動などが知られる。筆者の伊吉博徳は帰国後も唐との交渉にあたり，大津皇子事件では一時逮捕されたが，持統朝に遣新羅使となり，文武朝には大宝律令の制定に参加した。ほかに《難波男人書（なにわのおひとのしよ）》も同様な遣唐使人の記録である。【青木和夫】

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