The Kogo Shui (Gleanings from Ancient Stories) is a short Shinto historical and mythological text compiled in 807 CE by the courtier Inbe no Hironari, written explicitly to record traditions of the Inbe priestly clan that the earlier Kojiki and Nihon Shoki had passed over, and valued by later scholars as a supplementary witness to material outside the two great foundational chronicles.
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Era of Composition Era of Composition Attributed Author / CompilerCompiled by the courtier Inbe no Hironari in 807 CE 1 Structure
StructureA short historical and mythological text compiled to record traditions of the Inbe priestly clan that the earlier Kojiki and Nihon Shoki had passed over; valued as a supplementary witness to material outside those two foundational chronicles. 1 Text
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Source Kogoshui (The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions, Encyclopedia.com)
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Source Kogoshui (The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions, Encyclopedia.com)
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Source Shinto: A HistoryHelen Hardacre
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Source Shinto: A HistoryHelen Hardacre
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1. Shinto: A History
Helen Hardacre, Oxford University Press, 2017- on the Kogo Shui and the Inbe clan tradition
- Originates in Language: Japanese, Stored language property on this entity, cited to this source: japanese
View the Source 2. Kogo Shui (Wikipedia)
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Kogo Shūi (古語拾遺) is a historical record of the Inbe clan of Japan written in the early Heian period (794-1185)
Originated In: Japan, Lead
is a historical record of the Inbe clan of Japan
View the SourceEncyclopedia of Shinto (Shinto Jiten)
Kokugakuin University, Kokugakuin University, 2006s.v. Kogo ShuiView the Source Kogoshui (The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions, Encyclopedia.com)
Authored By: Inbe no Hironari, Authorship
It was composed and presented to Emperor Heizei in 807 CE, by Imbe no Hironari as a protest against a rival priestly family, the Nakatomi, who had increasingly eclipsed the Imbe.
Attributed To: Inbe no Hironari, Attribution
It was composed and presented to Emperor Heizei in 807 CE, by Imbe no Hironari as a protest against a rival priestly family, the Nakatomi, who had increasingly eclipsed the Imbe.
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