[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Foreign](https://indike.org/pramana/inf) › [Japan](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.jp) › [Asuka and Nara (to 794)](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.jp.nara) › 日本書紀 # 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](https://indike.org/pramana/person/toneri-shinno) - **Extent:** 4,293 words - **Text:** not yet digitised (catalogue entry) ## Translations (1) - [Nihongi: Chronicles of Japan from the Earliest Times to A.D. 697](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.jp.nara.nihon-shoki~en-aston) — English ## Texts within (4) - [卷第十九 欽明天皇](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.jp.nara.nihon-shoki.juan19) — Classical Chinese; 720 CE; catalogued, text not yet digitised - [卷第廿五 孝德天皇](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.jp.nara.nihon-shoki.juan25) — Classical Chinese; 720 CE; catalogued, text not yet digitised - [卷第廿六 齊明天皇](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.jp.nara.nihon-shoki.juan26) — Classical Chinese; 720 CE; catalogued, text not yet digitised - [卷第廿九 天武天皇下](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.jp.nara.nihon-shoki.juan29) — Classical Chinese; 720 CE; catalogued, text not yet digitised --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inf.jp.nara.nihon-shoki](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.jp.nara.nihon-shoki) · Pramāṇa