Norio Arakida - Norio Arakida

...This book was written in the late Heian period and has been passed down by the Arakida clan, the chief priests of the Grand Shrine of Ise. It consists of two volumes. The first volume covers the period from the establishment of the Grand Shrine of Ise under Emperor Suinin to the time of Emperor Goichijo, and the second volume covers the period of Emperor Gosuzaku and Goreizei. It is one of the important books for examining the history of the Grand Shrine, and although some parts are unreliable, it is a fundamental book for examining the period when the Shikinen Sengu ceremony was established and the relationship between the Grand Shrine and the Imperial Court. At the end of the 9th century, Arakida Tokuo compiled and continued the work himself, after compiling the ancient records and texts that had been written up until that point. After that, the members of the clan, Okitada, Ujinaga, Nobutoshi, and Nobuki, continued the work. It is included in the Jingu section of the Gunsho Ruiju and the Jingu section of the Shinto Taikei. ...

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…平安末期の撰，皇大神宮禰宜（ねぎ）荒木田一族の手で書きつがれてきた書で，2巻よりなり，第1巻は垂仁天皇のときの皇大神宮鎮座より後一条天皇のときまで，第2巻は後朱雀･後冷泉天皇のときについて記す。神宮史をみる上での重要書の一つで，信憑性に欠ける部分もあるが，式年遷宮の制定時期，神宮と朝廷との関係などをみる上で根本となる書で，9世紀末の荒木田徳雄が，それまでの古記文を編述の上，自身で書きつぎ，以後一族の興忠，氏長，延利，延基と書きついだ。《群書類従》神祇部，《神道大系》神宮編所収。…

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