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Fudoki

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Template:Shintoism Template:Italic title Template:Nihongo are ancient reports on provincial culture, geography, and oral tradition presented to the reigning monarchs of Japan, also known as local gazetteers. They contain agricultural, geographical, and historical records as well as mythology and folklore.Template:Sfn Fudoki manuscripts also document local myths, rituals, and poems that are not mentioned in the Kojiki and the Nihon Shoki chronicles, which are the most important literature of the ancient national mythology and history. In the course of national unification, the imperial court enacted a series of criminal and administrative codes called ritsuryō and surveyed the provinces established by such codes to exert greater control over them.Template:Sfn

KofudokiEdit

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A scroll of the oldest extant Fudoki from Harima Province preserved at Tenri Central Library in Tenri, Nara

In the narrower sense, Fudoki refer to the oldest records written in the Nara period, later called Template:Nihongo. Compilation of Kofudoki began in 713 and was completed over a 20-year period.Template:Sfn Following the Taika Reform in 646 and the Code of Taihō enacted in 701, there was need to centralize and solidify the power of the imperial court. This included accounting for lands under its control. According to the Shoku Nihongi, Empress Genmei issued a decree in 713 ordering each Template:Nihongo to collect and report the following information:Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn

  • Etymology of names for geographic features, such as mountains, plains, and rivers
  • Land fertility
  • Myths, legends, and folktales told orally by old people
  • Names of districts and townships
  • Natural resources and living things

NamesEdit

Empress Genmei ordered in 713 that place names in the provinces, districts, and townships be written in two kanji characters with positive connotations.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>Template:Sfn This occasionally required name changes. For example, Template:Nihongo became Template:Nihongo and Template:Nihongo became Template:Nihongo.

ManuscriptsEdit

At least 48 of the Gokishichidō provinces contributed to their records but only that of Izumo remains nearly complete. Partial records of Hizen, Bungo, Harima and Hitachi remain and a few passages from various volumes remain scattered throughout various books.Template:Sfn Those of Harima and Hizen are designated National Treasures.

Below is a list of extant manuscripts and scattered passages.Template:Sfn<ref>国土としての始原史～風土記逸文 Template:Webarchive</ref>

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ParksEdit

In 1966 the Agency for Cultural Affairs called on the prefectural governments to build open-air museums and parks called Template:Nihongo near historic sites such as tombs (kofun) and provincial temples.Template:Sfn These archaeological museums preserve and exhibit cultural properties to enhance public understanding of provincial history and culture.

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Name Prefecture Province Municipalities Museum
Ukitamu Fudoki no Oka Yamagata Uzen Takahata Yamagata Prefectural Ukitama Fudoki no Oka Archaeological Museum
Shimotsuke Fudoki no Oka Tochigi Shimotsuke Shimotsuke Tochigi Prefectural Shimotsuke Fudoki no Oka Museum
Nasu Fudoki no Oka Tochigi Shimotsuke Nakagawa and Ōtawara Nakagawa Municipal Nasu Fudoki no Oka Museum
Template:Interlanguage link Saitama Musashi Gyōda Saitama Prefectural Museum of the Sakitama Ancient Burial Mounds
Template:Interlanguage link Chiba Shimōsa Sakae and Narita Boso-no-Mura Museum
Tateyama Fudoki no Oka Toyama Etchū Tateyama Template:Interlanguage link
Template:Interlanguage link Yamanashi Kai Kōfu Yamanashi Prefectural Archaeological Museum
Ōmi Fudoki no Oka Shiga Ōmi Ōmihachiman and Azuchi Template:Interlanguage link
Chikatsu Asuka Fudoki no Oka Osaka Kawachi Kanan Osaka Prefectural Chikatsu Asuka Museum
Kii Fudoki no Oka Wakayama Kii Wakayama Wakayama Prefecture Kii-fudoki-no-oka Museum of Archaeology and Folklore
Yakumotatsu Fudoki no Oka Shimane Izumo Matsue Shimane Prefectural Yakumotatsu Fudoki no Oka Museum
Kibiji Fudoki no Oka Okayama Bitchū Sōja Sōja Kibiji Museum
Template:Interlanguage link Hiroshima Bingo Miyoshi Hiroshima Prefectural Miyoshi Fudoki no Oka Museum
Higo Kodai no Mori Kumamoto Higo Yamaga and Nagomi Kumamoto Prefectural Ancient Burial Mound Museum
Template:Interlanguage link Ōita Bungo Usa Ōita Prefectural Museum of History
Saitobaru Fudoki no Oka Miyazaki Hyūga Saito Miyazaki Prefectural Saitobaru Archaeological Museum

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