日本書紀

Chronicles of Japan

Official history to 697. The Baekje king's message of 552 says Buddhism came 'from distant Tianzhu to the Three Han'; under 654, 657, 659 and 675 it records people of Tokhara (or Dvāravatī) and a woman of Śrāvastī (舍衛) cast ashore in Kyūshū and later serving at court.

Language

Classical Chinese

Date

720 CE

Author

舎人親王

Extent

4,293 words

Text

not yet digitised (catalogue entry)

Translations (1)

• Nihongi: Chronicles of Japan from the Earliest Times to A.D. 697 — English

Texts within (4)

• 卷第十九 欽明天皇 — Classical Chinese; 720 CE; catalogued, text not yet digitised
• 卷第廿五 孝德天皇 — Classical Chinese; 720 CE; catalogued, text not yet digitised
• 卷第廿六 齊明天皇 — Classical Chinese; 720 CE; catalogued, text not yet digitised
• 卷第廿九 天武天皇下 — Classical Chinese; 720 CE; catalogued, text not yet digitised