Author: Chamberlain, Basil Hall [translator] & Sone, T [editor]
Title: Kojiki - Or, Records Of Ancient Matters
Description: Kairyudo, Tokyo, 1936, 1st thus. Sewn paperback, VG. 110pp, edges of the covers a little rubbed, bound Yotsume Toji fashion which is becoming a little loose, the book now in a custom made portfolio with ribbon ties. Paperback , no dustjacket. ¶ The Kojiki is the oldest surviving chronicle of Japan, dating from the early 8th century. Written by O-no Yasumaro for the Empress Gemmei, it is a collection of myths concerning the origin of the four home islands of Japan. Basil Hall Chamberlain [ 1850 - 1935 ] was professor of Japanese at Tokyo Imperial University & was one of the leading British Japanologists of the late 19th C. He was the first to translate the Kojiki into English [1882].

Keywords: japan, shinto, japanese history, japanese literature, japanese mythology