Inbe no Hironari was a minor official of the early Heian period and a member of the Inbe clan, a hereditary Shinto priestly family that served at the imperial court alongside the Nakatomi clan. The years of his birth and death are not recorded. In 807 he composed the Kogoshui, known in English as Gleanings from Ancient Stories, an account of Japanese mythology and early history told from the Inbe point of view, and presented it to the emperor as a protest against the rival Nakatomi, who had increasingly eclipsed the Inbe in court ritual. His purpose was to show that the ancestor of the Inbe stood equal in dignity and importance to the ancestor of the Nakatomi. One account records that he was conferred the Junior Fifth Rank, Lower Grade, in 808, the year after he wrote it.
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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 Kogoshui (The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions, Encyclopedia.com)
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Source Japanese Wiki Corpus: Inbe no HironariPeriodQuote, Period
INBE no Hironari (year of birth and death unknown) was a government official (esp. one of low to medium rank) at the beginning of the Heian period (from the eighth to ninth century).
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1. Kogoshui (The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions, Encyclopedia.com)
Composition of the Kogoshui
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.
Belongs to Tradition: Shinto, Inbe clan
An account of Japanese mythology and early history according to the Imbe clan, a hereditary Shinto priestly family.
Works Attributed: Kogo Shui, 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 Works: Kogo Shui, 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.
View the Source2. Japanese Wiki Corpus: Inbe no Hironari
Japanese Wiki CorpusBiographyQuote, Biography
In 807 he wrote 'Kogo-shui' (History of the Inbe clan) by the order of Emperor Heijo.
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