Nishinomiya Chronicle

Japanese: 西宮記 - さいきゅうき

This is a book of authority on rituals and customs from the Heian period. It is also called "saiguuki" or "seikyuuki." It was compiled by Minamoto Takaakira. Takaakira's residence was in the Ukyo (western capital) of Heian-kyo, so he was called Nishinomiya Sadaijin (Minister of the Left), from which the book's title originates. Takaakira was ousted in the Anna Incident in 969, but it is unclear whether this book was compiled before or after that. Books on rituals and customs were compiled as official compilations in the 9th century, but privately compiled ones also appeared from the 10th century onwards, and this book is said to be the oldest surviving privately compiled one. The number of volumes of the copies handed down from ancient times varies, and there are considerable differences in their contents, but they are valuable in understanding rituals and customs from the Heian period.
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Japanese:

平安時代の儀式・故実(こじつ)の典拠書。〈さいぐうき〉〈せいきゅうき〉ともいう。撰者は源高明(たかあきら)。高明の邸宅が平安京の右京（西京(にしのきょう)）にあったため，彼は西宮(にしのみや)左大臣と呼ばれ，これが書名の由来となる。高明は969年の安和(あんな)の変で失脚するが，本書の成立がそれ以前か以後かは不明。儀式・故実の書は９世紀には官撰として編纂されるが，10世紀以降は私撰のものも現れ，本書は私撰のもののうち現存最古とされる。古くから伝わる写本の巻数はまちまちで，その内容にもかなりの異同があるが，平安時代の儀式・故実を知るうえで貴重。
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