Diary of the Imperial Court

Japanese: 殿上日記 - てんじょうにっき

This is a duty diary kept by the kurōdo serving in the palace chambers of Seiryōden. It is also called a banki because it was written in shifts. The Yoro Shikinrei and the Engishiki stipulate that the Naiki was in charge of the "records of the Imperial Palace," and the Naiki diary, of which only a few surviving writings remain, likely originates from this provision. However, with the establishment of kurōdo in the Heian period, the palace diaries kept by kurōdo gradually came to replace the Naiki diary. The Kurōdo Shiki cited in the Shichū Gunyo states that, as an imperial decree from Emperor Uda, "records of duties should be written with care, regardless of their size, and without omissions," and goes on to give an example of the style in which it should be written in a "diary style."

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

清涼殿の殿上の間に候する蔵人が記録する職務日記。当番を組んで執筆したので番記ともいう。養老職員令や《延喜式》には，内記が〈御所記録〉のことをつかさどると規定しているが，いまわずかに遺文の伝存する内記日記は，この規定に由来するものであろう。しかし平安時代に入って蔵人が設置されるに及び，蔵人の記録する殿上日記がしだいに内記日記にとって代わるようになった。《侍中群要》に引く蔵人式には，宇多天皇の勅命として〈当番の記事は，大小となく慎みて遺脱するなかれ〉と見え，さらに〈日記体〉としてその体例を示している。

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