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This is a book on Japanese history that Iida Tadahiko spent 38 years working on and completed in 1851 (Kaei 4). It is written in classical Chinese. It is also known as Dai Nihon Yashi (Unofficial History of Japan), Nihon Yashi (Unofficial History of Japan), and Zoku Dai Nihonshi (Continued Dai Nihonshi). It is a large work consisting of 21 volumes of the main chronicle and 270 volumes of biographies, totaling 291 volumes, with the first three volumes being the first. It succeeded the Mito Domain's Dai Nihonshi (Unofficial History of Japan), and details historical facts over a period of over 420 years, from the Meitoku era of Emperor Gokomatsu (1390-94) to the Bunsei era of Emperor Ninko (1818-30), in the form of a chronicle. It is highly valuable as a biographical resource. The author was a vassal of Prince Arisugawa, and has also written many books on national history and genealogy.

[Fukui Tamotsu]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

飯田忠彦(いいだただひこ)が38年間を費やして1851年（嘉永4）に完成した日本歴史書。漢文。別名『大日本野史』『日本野史』『続大日本史』。本紀21巻、列伝270巻、合計291巻、巻首三巻からなる大著である。水戸藩の『大日本史』の後を継ぎ、後小松(ごこまつ)天皇の明徳(めいとく)年間（1390～94）から仁孝(にんこう)天皇の文政(ぶんせい)年間（1818～30）まで420余年の史実を紀伝体で詳述してある。伝記資料として価値が高い。著者は有栖川(ありすがわ)宮の侍臣で、国史、系譜に関する著書も多い。

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