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Written by Fujiwara Kinto. 10 volumes. A book of court customs that explains regular and special court ceremonies, central and local government affairs, and the advancement and retirement of military officers below General Konoe, citing numerous documents and records, including national histories. Many of the citations are no longer in existence. Just as the volume on General Konoe was written for his son-in-law, Fujiwara Norimichi, these were originally written separately and later compiled into one book. Kinto was called Shijo Dainagon, so in the past it was also called "Shijo-ki" or "Shijo Dainagon-sho," and the current title is derived from the place where Kinto lived in seclusion. Kinto was close to Mido Kanpaku Michinaga, so this book was highly valued for a long time, along with "Nishinomiya-ki" and "Gouke-shidai." There remains one volume of draft written by Kin'nin himself, as well as many other copies, and a typeset version is included in the "Kojitsu Sosho" collection.

[Hiromichi Imae]

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藤原公任(きんとう)著。10巻。恒例・臨時の朝儀、中央・地方の政務、近衛(このえ)大将以下の武官の進退などについて、国史をはじめ多数の文書・記録を引用して解説した有職故実(ゆうそくこじつ)の書。引用書中には現存しないものも少なくない。近衛大将に関する巻が女婿藤原教通(のりみち)のために書かれたものであるごとく、もと個別に書かれ、のちに一書にまとめられた。公任は四条大納言(しじょうだいなごん)と称したので、古くは『四条記』『四条大納言抄』などともいわれ、現在の書名は、公任隠棲(いんせい)の地にちなむものである。公任は御堂関白道長(みどうかんぱくみちなが)と親しかったため、『西宮記』や『江家(ごうけ)次第』とともに後世長く重んじられた。公任自筆の草稿一巻が存するほか写本も多く、活版本には『故実叢書(そうしょ)』所収本がある。

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