Nihonkiryaku - Nihonkiryaku

Japanese: 日本紀略 - にほんきりゃく

A chronological history book covering the period from the Age of the Gods to the 9th year of the Chogen era (1036) of Emperor Goichijo. It was compiled in the late Heian period. The editor and the number of volumes are unknown. The contents are divided into three main parts. (1) The section on the Age of the Gods, which is a direct reprint of the Nihon Shoki. This is exactly the same as the main text of the copy of the 1306 edition today. (2) The section covering the period from Emperor Jimmu to Emperor Koko, which is an excerpt from the Six National Histories. It is noteworthy that the Shoku Nihongi, which was written before it was deleted by order of Emperor Kanmu, was also used here. (3) The section after Emperor Uda. It was compiled based on the Shin Kokushi, which has been lost today, and government records, but the articles are simplified and only the outline of the events is known. (3) It seems that it was compiled in the order of (2) and (1), but (1) may have been the work of a later person. The title of the book is not consistent, such as Nihonshikiryaku and Nihonshiryaku, and Nihonkiryaku was the name used after the Edo period.

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Japanese:

神代から後一条天皇の長元9 (1036) 年までの編年体の歴史書。平安時代後期の成立。編者，巻数など不明。内容は次の3つに大別される。 (1) 『日本書紀』をそのまま転載した神代の部。これは今日，嘉元4 (1306) 年の書写本の本文とまったく同じである。 (2) 六国史を抜粋した神武天皇から光孝天皇までの部分。ここでは，桓武天皇の命令によって削除される以前の型の『続日本紀』をも利用した点が特筆される。 (3) 宇多天皇以後の部。今日散逸してしまった『新国史』や政府関係の記録から取材したが，記事が簡略化され事柄の概要だけがわかる。 (3) (2) (1) の順で成立したらしいが，(1) は後人の仕業かもしれない。『日本史記略』『日本史略』など書名が一定せず，『日本紀略』は江戸時代に入ってからの呼び名である。

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