Daily Diary - Hinamiki

Japanese: 日次記 - ひなみき

A diary in which events are recorded day by day. In the past, they were often written on the calendar page of the Guju-reki calendar, so they were also called "rekiki." In contrast, diary entries written to leave detailed records of specific matters are called "bekki." The Gaikibekki diary from the Oina ceremony in 790 (Enryaku 9), cited in Seiji Yoraku, shows that the Nijiki and Bekki coexisted at the beginning of the Heian period. Fujiwara no Michisuke's Kujodono Ikai also teaches that each day after waking up, the first thing to do is to note the events of the previous day in the rekiki, and that important official matters should be recorded separately in detail for future reference.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

日々のできごとを日次を追って書きついでゆく日記。古くは具注暦の暦面に書かれることが多かったので〈暦記〉とも称された。これに対し特定の事柄について詳細な記録を残すため書かれたものを〈別記〉という。《政事要略》に引載する790年(延暦9)の追儺の〈外記別日記〉は，すでに平安時代の初めに日次記と別記の並存したことを物語っている。藤原師輔の《九条殿遺誡》にも，毎日起床後まず昨日のことを暦記に注すべきこと，要枢の公事については別に詳しく書きしるして後鑑に備うべきことをおしえている。

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