Izumo-no-Kuni Fudoki

Cover of an edition of the Izumo Fudoki

Izumo-no-Kuni Fudoki (出雲国風土記) is a book of Shinto Scripture about Izumo Province.[1] It is a Fudoki or a book written to describe the mythology and geography of a Province.

The Shoku Nihongi says that Empress Genmei ordered people to write it in 713.[2] Izumo no Hiroshima wrote it and finished it in 733.

Contents

The book opens up with a discussion of the geography of Izumo.[3]

Other websites

References

  1. ↑ "Izumo Fudoki | Translated by Michiko Yamaguchi Aoki". Monumenta Nipponica. Retrieved 2026-02-17.
  2. ↑ ISBN 978-4-413-04301-4
  3. ↑ Records of wind and earth : a translation of Fudoki, with introduction and commentaries. Internet Archive. Ann Arbor, Mich. : Association for Asian Studies. 1997. ISBN 978-0-924304-32-3.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)


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