Editing Nihon Shoki (section)

=== Background ===
The background of the compilation of the {{Lang|ja-latn|Nihon Shoki}} is that Emperor Tenmu ordered 12 people, including Prince Kawashima, to edit the old history of the empire.<ref>''日本の歴史4 天平の時代'' p.39, [[Shueisha]], Towao Sakehara</ref>

''[[Shoku Nihongi]]'' notes that "{{lang|ja-Hani|先是一品舍人親王奉勅修日本紀。至是功成奏上。紀卅卷系圖一卷}}" in the part of May 720. It means "Up to that time, <!--一品-->Prince Toneri had been compiling ''Nihongi'' on the orders of the emperor; he completed it, submitting 30 volumes of history and one volume of genealogy".<ref>{{cite book |editor=Keizai Zasshisha |editor-link=:ja:経済雑誌社 |title=Shoku Nihongi |script-title=ja:続日本紀 |series=[[Rikkokushi|National History]] |language=ja |volume=2 |date=1897 |publication-place=Tokyo |publisher=Keizai Zasshisha |url={{NDLDC|991092|/1/187|format=url}} |page=362 |via=[[National Diet Library]] |doi=10.11501/991092 |id={{NDLPID|991092}} |author1=経済雑誌社 }}</ref>